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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.
Obama Sebelius
So, just to summarize: The federal government passes almost unbelievably complicated and intrusive legislation that even its own Department of Health and Human Services admits is reasonably likely to disrupt markets and harm people. States and other entities then make the case to HHS that this would in fact happen. Sebelius and her underlings then decide — or decide not — to bequeath exceptions to the law for given states, companies, unions, or collections of companies in a given representative’s district. This is not how things are supposed to work.
Nevada and New Hampshire will be two of the most closely contested states in the upcoming presidential election, which of course will determine whether Sebelius will get to keep her job. In the past eight presidential elections, the candidate who has won Nevada has also won the presidency. And in seven of the past eight presidential elections, the candidate who has won New Hampshire has also won the presidency (the only exception being when John Kerry, from neighboring Massachusetts, beat George W. Bush by just over 1 percentage point).
slurp slurp Obamacare Waivers Granted to Nevada and New Hampshire | The Weekly Standard
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.
Obama Sebelius
So, just to summarize: The federal government passes almost unbelievably complicated and intrusive legislation that even its own Department of Health and Human Services admits is reasonably likely to disrupt markets and harm people. States and other entities then make the case to HHS that this would in fact happen. Sebelius and her underlings then decide — or decide not — to bequeath exceptions to the law for given states, companies, unions, or collections of companies in a given representative’s district. This is not how things are supposed to work.
Nevada and New Hampshire will be two of the most closely contested states in the upcoming presidential election, which of course will determine whether Sebelius will get to keep her job. In the past eight presidential elections, the candidate who has won Nevada has also won the presidency. And in seven of the past eight presidential elections, the candidate who has won New Hampshire has also won the presidency (the only exception being when John Kerry, from neighboring Massachusetts, beat George W. Bush by just over 1 percentage point).
slurp slurp Obamacare Waivers Granted to Nevada and New Hampshire | The Weekly Standard
2011 issue is hardly News, well considering it's the Weekly Standard readers, I suppose the word News is not applicable. But here, perhaps you should read the HHS statement .... it is linked in the article but apparently too difficult to go to.
So, just to summarize: The federal government passes almost unbelievably complicated and intrusive legislation that even its own Department of Health and Human Services admits is reasonably likely to disrupt markets and harm people. States and other entities then make the case to HHS that this would in fact happen. Sebelius and her underlings then decide — or decide not — to bequeath exceptions to the law for given states, companies, unions, or collections of companies in a given representative’s district. This is not how things are supposed to work.
Apparently you read the article - not sure if you followed the link to the actual letter to Nevada from HHS. Let me quote you something that appeared towards the end, in the conclusion:
Quote:
Accordingly, pursuant to section 2718(b)(1)(A)(ii) of the PHS Act (42 U.S.C. §300gg-18(b)(1)(A)(ii)), the MLR standard applicable to the Nevada individual health insurance market for the MLR reporting year 2011 is 75 percent.
1. This is not a "waiver."
2. This is an adjustment to one requirement for one year (2011) only.
And if a person is in Nevada, they should visit https://www.nevadahealthlink.com/ to research the various health insurance plans available to Nevada residents under the Affordable Care Act.
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.
Obama Sebelius
So, just to summarize: The federal government passes almost unbelievably complicated and intrusive legislation that even its own Department of Health and Human Services admits is reasonably likely to disrupt markets and harm people. States and other entities then make the case to HHS that this would in fact happen. Sebelius and her underlings then decide — or decide not — to bequeath exceptions to the law for given states, companies, unions, or collections of companies in a given representative’s district. This is not how things are supposed to work.
Nevada and New Hampshire will be two of the most closely contested states in the upcoming presidential election, which of course will determine whether Sebelius will get to keep her job. In the past eight presidential elections, the candidate who has won Nevada has also won the presidency. And in seven of the past eight presidential elections, the candidate who has won New Hampshire has also won the presidency (the only exception being when John Kerry, from neighboring Massachusetts, beat George W. Bush by just over 1 percentage point).
slurp slurp Obamacare Waivers Granted to Nevada and New Hampshire | The Weekly Standard
Harry Reid reward.
I think the President grossly miscalculates the feeling people have on fairness. It's one thing to apply something bad or burdensome on people but they usually eventually grumble and accept it as long as they know everyone is in the same boat. People steam at favoritism.
I wish the story was available on sources other than Weekly Standard, which is basically a neo-con opinion mag. It also looks like the story is over two years old.
It's not that is is an old story but a curiosity as to what is the current situation in these two states as the waiver was granted for 1 year to make it financially possible to keep insurance companies form existing the state... at least in the case of NV.
So it is appropriate to ask how that waiver worked out for the states; was it extended?; have insurance companies left the state in spite of the effort to retain them?
Easy to mock an old news post but the lack of critically looking at the conclusion of the intended results is telling.
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