Federal Government To Enforce 'Obamacare' Regulation In Oklahoma

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[Fred]

OKLAHOMA CITY -- The federal government has informed Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John Doak that it intends to take over swaths of insurance regulation in the state to ensure compliance with the Affordable Care Act – commonly known as “Obamacare.”

The federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is notifying insurers in Oklahoma that it will handle enforcement of the ACA. In a March 15 letter to Doak, the agency notified the Insurance Department of its responsibility to enforce the ACA in Oklahoma because the state has declined to do so. Should Oklahoma enact“market reform requirements,” according to the letter, the federal government will consider transitioning regulations to the state.

[Terry Mross]

I hope you’re right. But what about the guy who posted a picture of his kid on FB holding an “assault” weapon and CPS came calling supported by local cops. They wanted the man’s guns. As I understand he stood his ground and they backed off. This time. But what bothers me is that the cops would even go to the man’s door with a complaint of nothing more than a picture of a kid holding a gun. The cops should have said “Bring us some evidence of that a crime is being committed.”

[Star Traveler]

I just read an article in the Tulsa World about it and the State Regulators don’t intend to defy the Federal action - they just say it’s “inefficient” and will cost the consumer more. That’s as far as they’re going. They don’t say that it’s illegal for the Feds to do what they are doing.

Basically, this is going “nowhere” as far as this issue in Oklahoma is concerned.

Y’all can “stand down” now ... because NOTHING is going on here ... :-)

BUT ... you might contact TEXAS, MISSOURI and WYOMING ... because they got the exact same notification as Oklahoma.

[OneWingedShark]

How can the feds afford this with sequestration?

That's because the sequester isn't a cut at all, it's a reduction in increased spending: IOW, it's spending only 8 dollars you don't have instead of 10 and saying that you saved two.