The Obama administration issues 111 healthcare waivers
I have written a couple of posts on the Obama regime issuing several healthcare waivers to billion dollar companies so that these companies would not have to comply with the new healthcare reform law–these companies include McDonald’s, Jack in the Box and 28 other large companies–but it now seems as if the list of companies the Obama regime has granted waivers to is actually much larger than we were led to believe–or that the regime cares to admit.
Fox News is now reporting that buried deep in the Health and Human Services’ website is the report that the Obama regime has actually granted 111 healthcare waivers to large companies and unions that will exempt them from the new healthcare reform law.
It seems odd to me that the president who claimed while he was campaigning that he would not coddle Wall Street while ignoring Main Street would first bailout Wall Street at the expense of Main Street and then turn around and grant some of the largest companies in America healthcare reform waivers so that they would not be subjected to his signature legislative accomplishment.
Meanwhile small companies who cannot afford to hire expensive lawyers to fight the healthcare reform law are going to have to adhere to the law. And while these large companies are being exempted from the healthcare reform law what happens to an individual American who either chooses not to have–or cannot afford to buy–healthcare coverage? The IRS punishes them with a tax penalty. Barack Obama is coddling big business while ignoring the plight of small companies and individuals who will be unfairly hit with expenses that the large companies are avoiding. It is the small businesses and individuals who are going to feel the impact of this legislation while the big companies–who are well represented–get away without paying what Barack Obama likes to call “their fair share.”
Can someone tell me how this new healthcare reform law–with all of the companies who theoretically should be the companies that can afford the new healthcare expenses are exempted, while those that cannot are to be punished–is fair? And can somebody tell me how this law makes insurance affordable to those that already can’t afford it?
The fact that so many companies have asked for and been granted waivers to exempt themselves from the healthcare law show us how ill conceived this law was in the first place. Perhaps if anybody had bothered to read the bill before it was passed they would have seen how disastrous this bill was, but Nancy Pelosi claimed that the Congress had to pass the bill before anyone could see what was in it. So that is exactly what they did and now we are seeing what is in it, and unless you are a large company or a union member who will not have to adhere to the new law, it is proving to be a monstrosity.
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If they continue granting waivers, the only people who will have to abide by the new regulations will be those who can least afford it.
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That is the ironic part about this whole situation. How does this make any sense at all?!
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It makes no sense at all, Steve. It seems like we hear more news every day that highlights the fact that this health care bill should have been thrown in the trash with the rest of the garbage.
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Yeah, the more we hear about this, the worse it gets. Hopefully we will defund it and throw it in the garbage soon.
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You can always tell how great a law is by who wants to be exempt from it. Take the DISCLOSE Act, a misnamed monstrosity meant to over-ride the supreme courts Citizens United decision allowing. Who is exempt? Labor unions, AARP, the NRA, and many other democrat supporting electioneering organizations.
If the laws are so great, for everyone, how come people want out? Is it another messaging problem? In truth, it is just the continued narrative of the Obama administration and big government in general – picking the winners.
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I didn’t know the NRA was such a strong supporter of the Democratic Party.
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From the Washington Post:
“So far this year, the NRA has endorsed 58 incumbent House Democrats, including more than a dozen in seats that both parties view as critical to winning a majority. ”
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/10/06/AR2010100603363.html
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I am not sure what their thinking was with this.
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You hit the nail on the head, if these laws were so good nobody would be trying to get around them.
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You have no idea of what you’re talking about. The list HHS has on their website was composed of employers who applied for a waiver – not a list of friendly groups who were given a favor. It is very clear, if you actually know a thing or two about health policy and the waiver process, not to mention the new law that you hate so much you have to bothered to read. Aetna and the NRA are pro-Obama??? And AARP isnt even on the list, genius. How dumb do you think your readers are??
The waiver – for which anyone can apply – is set up to prevent people from losing coverage if the local market won’t support new changes mandated by the law. That’s right, there are actually options.
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Big Union wins again!
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Yes they did, Barack Obama made sure to take care of the Democrats’ largest special interest group.
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I wonder if these “exclusions” don’t bode well for court cases which state that Obamacare is unconstitutional. If some business are being exempted, does that not support the idea that this ill-conceived idea, is not, at the very least, being doled out ‘subjectively’ which goes against the very supposed tenets of Obamacare to begin with, which, is that all Americans are required to be part of the program. I would think that would include the employers as well as the employees.
Maybe I’m off base here…I don’t know.
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I sure hope so, how can you mandate something and then turn around and excempt all of the special interest groups?
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Looks like Obama is admitting failure without admitting he failed.
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He is good at doublespeak and now with the internet he can speak without speaking!
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You stated…..
“It seems odd to me that the president who claimed while he was campaigning that he would not coddle Wall Street while ignoring Main Street would first bailout Wall Street at the expense of Main Street”
What bailout of Wall Street are you referring to?
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To all citizens,
The 14th amendment grants the same status to a corporation as a citizen of the United States, therefore since we are all equal under the law we all have the same right to the waivers granted to the corporations. If we can not claim that exemption the healthcare Act is rendered unconstitutional. Terry Gregg
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I just stumbled on to you post as I was researching the basis for these waivers. I also ready all the comments following your post and wonder why no one gave any attention to the comment by Milo quoted below.
“You have no idea of what you’re talking about. The list HHS has on their website was composed of employers who applied for a waiver – not a list of friendly groups who were given a favor. It is very clear, if you actually know a thing or two about health policy and the waiver process, not to mention the new law that you hate so much you have to bothered to read. Aetna and the NRA are pro-Obama??? And AARP isnt even on the list, genius. How dumb do you think your readers are??
The waiver – for which anyone can apply – is set up to prevent people from losing coverage if the local market won’t support new changes mandated by the law. That’s right, there are actually options.”
-Milo Janus
I haven’t been following this issue, but in five minutes of research, I could understand the companies and states are running a business and for them to comply with this new law would mean people loosing their insurance. Yes, real main street working people that have jobs at these companies. It would be a bit a financial shock to begin paying 80 to 85% of all premiums only on care as a posed to 65%. So in order to not have so many people employed at these companies loose their insurance BECAUSE THE OTHER OPTIONS ARE YEARS AWAY they decided to allow these companies time to asses the financial situation and not have people loose coverage.
Do you actually do research? Do you actually know that this healthcare law has a lot of Republican ideas in it. Because of so much pushback from both parties and special interest the law had to be watered down. So why is Obama blamed for the watering down that everyone made, NOT JUST DEMOCRATS.
I’m talking as an independent. Why don’t you all READ A DIVERSE PERSPECTIVE in order to develop a more rounded understanding of what is happening in our country? Why do you talk about everything as US VS THEM? Why did no one on this blog respond to Milo’s factual comment?
Do you really care about our country? I’m not sure since all your arguments lack any research or a historical understanding. Regardless, I like to find out different opinions about what is going on in my country in order to sift through all the propaganda to get a real understanding. There are agendas in both the Republican and Democrat sides as well as the Libertarian and what ever else. They rarely care about anything else but their own power and getting re-elected.
You should try to find out more one day. It might improve the way all american’s discuss the issues and elect their officials.
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But the stated goal of this bill was to get everyone affordable coverage, if that is true why are companies going to be forced to drop the affordable coverage they are already providing if they are not granted a waiver? The true goal of this bill is the ultimate destruction of private healthcare replaced by single payer and that process would already be well underway if these waivers were not granted. These waivers are being granted to buy Obama time until after the election.
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he is chipping away at us little by little .. but to have let him back in office by not voting for an honest candidate you wasted your vote and gave up . Vote for honesty and others will too. or the other wayaround . REMEMBER BARABAS?
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