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Executive Changes to Obamacare

Executive Changes to Obamacare

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by: FoFa Active Indicator LED Icon 17 OP 
~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 7:39am  
On Thanksgiving eve, the Obama administration dumped reams of mind-numbing ObamaCare regulations into the Federal Register — including yet more unilateral rewrites of the Affordable Care Act.Dropping the rules as most Americans were busy preparing for the holiday made a mockery (again) of President Obama’s promise to have “the most transparent administration in history.” The stunt has even worked to keep most of the media from reporting on the rules.Yet the changes these regulations make in the health-care law are substantial.For one, the president is redefining what health plans are “adequate” for larger employers (100-plus workers) to offer under the Affordable Care Act. He’s also “asking” insurers to pay for new benefits — while warning that, if they don’t, they may be forced to.Under the Constitution, Obama lacks any authority to make such changes to the health law, or any law. Only Congress has that power. But he’s doing it, and not for the first time.The president has made two dozen changes to his health law by executive fiat, from delaying the employer mandate to allowing people to keep health plans that don’t meet ObamaCare standards.-Obama will require large employers to provide more coverage than the Affordable Care Act specifies. The move disqualifies plans now offered by 1,600 employers to 3 million workers, according to Kaiser Health News. Those employers will have to find a way to cover the higher costs — and some will surely do so by stopping coverage for spouses or part-time workers.-The new rules suddenly treat state high-risk pools as adequate coverage under the Affordable Care Act — a 180 from what the law actually says.When the ACA became law, these plans for people with chronic illnesses were offered in 35 states. Winners will be those who live in the 10 states that haven’t yet phased out their high-risk plans. Losers: the many thousands in 25 states that already gave up their plans to comply with the ACA’s mandates.-The rules tell insurers to give new enrollees a 30-day grace period during which they can continue to use doctors not in their plan’s network. Winners: People who need time to switch to in-network doctors. Losers: Taxpayers — who’ll be obliged to bail out the insurers clobbered with the extra cost.-Speaking of bailouts, Sec. 1342 of the law promises taxpayer-funded bailouts to insurers who lose money selling plans on ObamaCare exchanges. But the bailouts can’t happen unless Congress appropriates the money, something the GOP-controlled Congress won’t want to do. Yet the new Federal Register notices explicitly double down on the administration’s pledge to make insurers whole if losses are bigger than expected.Just one of the mentions on the web 4951
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MTechnique Active Indicator LED Icon 4
~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 8:29am  
Someone really needs to print out this whole "law" and ream each page up Obamas ***. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 12:23pm  
The constant changes were written into the law. The President or the head of HHS can change it at will. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 1:32pm  
@FofaJust wondering where the article source is or where this link leads to: Just one of the mentions on the webIt didn't take me anywhere.  Thanks for posting. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 5:38pm  
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 6:07pm  
The constant changes were written into the law. The President or the head of HHS can change it at will.
 
@fcabanski: It would have been nice if we had known that before it became law but as Jonothan Gruger explained... it was all in the plans to get it passed. To get it passed they had to treat the American voters like mushrooms.. keep 'em in the dark and feed 'em a lot of bull ****!  It worked just as planned.
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 6:24pm  
I just heard that 17 of the 57states have filed lawsuits against Obama's Immigration actions.  :-) 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 6:37pm  
but they had to pass the law to find out what was in the law! :/ 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 3, '14 6:59pm  
I just heard that 17 of the 57states have filed lawsuits against Obama's Immigration actions.  :-)
 
@BlissfullyRetired:   Darn.. didn't anyone notice that I said 57 states?? Another joke gone unnoticed.  :-(
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 4, '14 2:26am  
but they had to pass the law to find out what was in the law! :/
 
@angiekaye:  Yeah.. great logic. It's kinda scarey ain't it? I saw a video today that was filmed at the University of Texas. They were asking students simple questions about our government and our country. Out of 30 students interviewed, only two answered all of the questions correctly. Many couldn't tell you who the vice president was. Some didn't know who won the civil war and several couldn't tell you who we fought and won our independence from.
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 4, '14 5:39am  
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 4, '14 6:31am  

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>> I just heard that 17 of the 57states have filed lawsuits against Obama's Immigration actions.  :-)
 
@BlissfullyRetired:   Darn.. didn't anyone notice that I said 57 states?? Another joke gone unnoticed.  :-(
 
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I noticed but didnt want to make you feel stupid. 4951
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 4, '14 10:33am  

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>> I just heard that 17 of the 57states have filed lawsuits against Obama's Immigration actions.  :-)
 
@BlissfullyRetired:   Darn.. didn't anyone notice that I said 57 states?? Another joke gone unnoticed.  :-(
 
@BlissfullyRetired:
 
I noticed but didnt want to make you feel stupid.
 
@BooBear:  Remember.. I'm the one that thought you were a guy.. how could I feel any stupider?
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 4, '14 10:42am  
I just heard that 17 of the 57states have filed lawsuits against Obama's Immigration actions.  :-)
 
@BlissfullyRetired: Obama has lawsuits coming out his behind.  He could care less. 
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 4, '14 11:05am  
A couple of things.
 
1 I love kaiser website. Good choice for accurate info
 
2 executive We must vote smarter next time.
 
3 those reams of new rules are extremely anti small business.
 
4. A few news sites had them listed last week
 
5 the 5pm drops have become the norm.
 
@Stealth83:  The Republicans in Congress need to be very careful about what they do until we can get this president out of office. Like you said.. executive orders are typically rescinded by the next president so maybe we should let it go until he's gone. I'm afraid that any attempt to defund his immigration action now could lead to another government shutdown. The democrats are very good at dodging blame and very successful at pinning that blame on Republicans. I think our main objective should be to keep him as lame as possible and load his desk with as many bills as possible. I would suggest that they start a website, post all new bills, what's in the bills, who voted for or against them and whether the president signed them into law or not. We need some of that transparency that Obama promised but never delivered on.
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~ 9 years ago   Dec 4, '14 12:16pm  
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