More ObamaCare scandal: Administration snubs Senate on MLR regulation

The US Report ^ | May 24 2011 | Kay Day

[Crush]

Before the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) was shoved through the back door by Democrats in the US Senate, I wrote columns telling readers why I thought the bill was an insult to the US consumer. I actually read that long, boring and often obscurely written bill, unlike almost every Democrat who helped pass it.

Since that time hundreds of waivers have been given to government cronies who realized what the requirements would cost their employees—this was after the same cronies lobbied hard to get the bill passed. Now there's another ObamaCare scandal but legacy media will probably ignore it.

I expressed serious concerns about the individual mandate requiring American citizens to buy health insurance but exempting foreign nationals in the country illegally who would of course be treated at any emergency room if they need medical care. I also said the cost for insurance would rise and time proved me correct.

The latest scandal has to do with a key regulation. According to Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyoming), Vice-President Joe Biden has once again dropped the ball. Enzi said he wrote Biden about the regulation:

“The Administration has failed to submit to the Senate a recent regulation implementing part of the new health care law. I request that you take immediate action to formally transmit this rule, as this failure prevents the Senate from considering and debating the merits of this regulation…The Senate Parliamentarian has confirmed that they have not received the rule, which should have been transmitted by the Vice President, in your capacity as President of the United States Senate. As a result, the Parliamentarian is unable to refer the rule to the committee of jurisdiction.”

The Daily Caller explained why this is important:

“Specifically, the new...

[Buckeye McFrog]

We need a Presidential candidate who will keep this stuff front-and-center every day before the American People.

And that candidate is NOT Mitt Romney!

[sickoflibs]

RE :"“Specifically, the new regulations Biden dropped the ball with were, according to a GOP Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee staffer, ‘the entire final HHS rule for Health Insurance Issuers Implementing Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) Requirements Under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.’ Biden was supposed to deliver the regulations last fall.”

Dropped the ball? What is this saying? English please