Remember the McDonald's story that hit 6 days ago? Might have to can their hourly employee health care. Not even a week later – exemption granted.
Obama is passing out waivers like candy:
To date, the administration has given about 30 insurers, employers and union plans, responsible for covering about one million people, one-year waivers on the new rules that phase out annual limits on coverage for limited-benefit plans, also known as "mini-meds." Applicants said their premiums would increase significantly, in some cases doubling or more.
Even some states are requesting exemptions.
Without the exemptions, the bad news would continue to pile – insurance companies discontinuing coverage, private employers bailing.
Obama is going to do the politically expedient thing. He will grant virtually any waiver requested, and those waivers will expire in 12 months. He'll get past this election, and let the health-insurance world fall apart in a non-election year.
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