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Purveyor

(29,876 posts) Fri Dec 20, 2013, 01:45 AM Dec 2013

Another Rule in Health Law Is Scaled Back

Source: New York Times

By ROBERT PEAR
Published: December 19, 2013

WASHINGTON — Millions of people facing the cancellation of health insurance policies will be allowed to buy catastrophic coverage and will be exempt from penalties if they go without insurance next year, the White House said Thursday night.

Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, disclosed the sudden policy shift in a letter to Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, and five other senators.

It was another effort by President Obama to cushion the impact of the health care law and minimize political damage to himself and Democrats in Congress who adopted the law in 2010 over solid Republican opposition.

In recent weeks, insurers have told many people that their insurance policies were being canceled because they did not comply with the minimum coverage requirements of the law. Insurers usually offer to replace the coverage with new policies that do comply, providing more benefits at higher cost.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/20/us/politics/white-house-exempts-some-from-health-law-penalties.html?hpw&rref=us&_r=0

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Another Rule in Health Law Is Scaled Back (Original Post) Purveyor Dec 2013 OP

Why aren't people currently without insurance exempted from the penalty? PoliticAverse Dec 2013 #1

If Romney had been elected, he'd have repealed it immediately jmowreader Dec 2013 #4

Cushion the impact of the health care law legcramp Dec 2013 #2

No, the eliminated the mandate on people losing existing coverage... Demo_Chris Dec 2013 #3

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

1. Why aren't people currently without insurance exempted from the penalty?

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 02:01 AM

Dec 2013

If Mitt Romney had been elected President could he just have announced the penalty was being ignored?

jmowreader

(50,555 posts)

4. If Romney had been elected, he'd have repealed it immediately

Reply to PoliticAverse (Reply #1)

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 05:00 AM

Dec 2013

legcramp

(288 posts)

2. Cushion the impact of the health care law

Reply to Purveyor (Original post)

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 02:26 AM

Dec 2013

CUSHION THE IMPACT OF THE HEALTH CARE LAW?

They've just effectively eliminated the individual mandate and admitted that Obamacare isn't working as promised.

Have a nice 2014 midterm election season.

Oh BTW, I really don't give a fuck about the Duck Guy, it has no impact on day to day life.

Demo_Chris

(6,234 posts)

3. No, the eliminated the mandate on people losing existing coverage...

Reply to legcramp (Reply #2)

Fri Dec 20, 2013, 03:00 AM

Dec 2013

How the ACA will impact 2014 and 2016 remains to be seen. Since we haven't managed to do much else (other than funneling trillions to the hyper wealthy, continue the Afghan war, drone the hell out of thousands, expand the police state in ways that are scaring the hell out of the entire globe, and make at least some of the Bush tax cuts permanent) we better hope it goes very well.

But I am thinking not.

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