Posted on 10/07/2013 10:12:44 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
President Obama’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), headed by Secretary Kathleen Sebelius, has now granted Obamacare waivers to the entire states of Nevada and New Hampshire. In its letter to Nevada, HHS admits that, without the waiver, “there is a reasonable likelihood” that Obamacare would result in “market destabilization, and thus harm to consumers.” Thus, to try to keep insurers from fleeing that state, HHS has exempted Nevada from a portion of Obamacare’s long list of mandates and requirements. HHS also admits to a “reasonable likelihood” that Obamacare would “destabilize the individual market” in New Hampshire, and has granted it a statewide waiver as well
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I would guess this 2011 waiver was granted to Nevada to help Reid get reelected last November. New Hampshire is a mystery to me.
2011 story .....
Harry the Dingy Undertaker was reelected in 2010.
Ayotte is off the hook too. She campaigned as a conservative, NH was bought off, and now she’s a saboteur, a real mini-mcain. This is hugely important. Isn’t a Judas kind of thing?
Ok. I thought wrong. But some Congress critter from Nevada must have needed that waiver for 2012. Reid is up for reelection in 16. Good.
This “law of the land” meme bothers me, along with the Dem line that Obamacare was passed by congress, signed by the president, and affirmed by the supreme court.
The 1-year business mandate delay was not approved by congress, signed by the president, or affirmed by the supreme court.
The congressional waiver was not approved by congress, signed by the president, or affirmed by the supreme court...
None of it was passed by Congress. But, within this law that is not a law, there is a line authorizing (sic) the Secretary of HHS (the wicked witch of the West from Kansas) to make all the necessary changes to the bill she needs to. “The Secretary shall . . .” is the most common phrase in the 2,500 document, and the regulations she has written since then amount to anywhere from 10,000 pages to 26,000 pages depending on how you count. In short, it gives ENORMOUS power to the executive branch. Welcome to Soviet-style dictatorship, comrades.
The waiver was from the 80-20 rule, that they have to spend 80% on healthcare and can spend only 20% on salaries and advertising. Nevada asked for 72-28 and was given 75-25
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