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Dear Secretary Sebelius, We want a waiver too. Signed, The American People

Obamacare for me, but not for thee?

The New York Times reports that the Obama administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has been busy granting selective waivers to Obamacare's mandates, restrictions, and requirements. The Times reports that, "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 also known as 'mini-meds,'" and that "[a]mong those that administration officials hoped to mollify with waivers were some big insurers, some smaller employers and McDonald's, which went so far as to warn that the regulations could force it to strip workers of existing coverage."

How convenient, eh? HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius can more or less unilaterally decide to whom the law applies and to whom it doesn't — and when, where, and under what circumstances.

It's good to be king! So, who do we gotta see to get our waivers? Are we not worthy?

Steve Burri notes that the person holding all that disretionary power won't always be an Obamabot.

Once having set the precedent for granting waivers, how can anyone rightfully complain when more waivers and exemptions are granted? Perhaps even codified into law at the hands of a Tea Party dominated Congress?

Can you say "repeal Obamacare?" Sure, I knew you could.

Posted at 11:54 by Chris Wysocki   [/obamacare]   Comments | Archived | Perm Link |
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