Of course, I'm talking about ObamaCare:
The number of temporary healthcare reform waivers granted by the Obama administration to organizations climbed to more than 1,000, according to new numbers disclosed by the Department of Health and Human Services.
HHS posted 126 new waivers on Friday, bringing the total to 1,040 organizations that have been granted a one-year exemption from a new coverage requirement included in the healthcare reform law enacted almost a year ago.
I think it's past time for the rest of America to receive a waiver. This behemoth is a huge mistake, nearly everyone coming to that conclusion though many kicking and screaming.
Repeal this job killing beast. Sooner rather than later.
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I am more interested in the... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Brian The Adequate | March 7, 2011 6:48 AM | Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
I am more interested in the list of who have applied for a waiver and have been turned down or have been waiting forever for the "review".
1. Posted by Brian The Adequate | March 7, 2011 6:48 AM |
Score: 6 (6 votes cast)
Posted on March 7, 2011 06:48
2. Posted by Saterp | March 7, 2011 6:52 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
No lawyer here, but I read somewhere or other that the granting of 'waivers' is illegal. Why don't the Republicans in congress call this turkey on his misuse of the law?
2. Posted by Saterp | March 7, 2011 6:52 AM |
Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
Posted on March 7, 2011 06:52
3. Posted by DaveD | March 7, 2011 8:21 AM | Score: 10 (10 votes cast)
So, the Obama administration is incredulous that any judge would consider declaring this law void for all. However, the administration has no problem allowing specific parties to opt out of the law because they find it inconvenient to their particular situation. I ask the same question as Saterp. Is the granting of waivers in this manner lawful? It is very difficult for me to put in words the utter contempt I have for this administration.
3. Posted by DaveD | March 7, 2011 8:21 AM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 08:21
4. Posted by jim m | March 7, 2011 9:05 AM | Score: 5 (5 votes cast)
The administration loves the idea of waivers because it allows them to choose winners and losers. It's just one more way they can distribute the spoils.
What this does do is open wide the door to an additional lawsuit should the current ones fail to take down obamacare. The issuing of waivers is going to lead someone to bring a lawsuit on the basis that they violate the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment. As there are no clear guidelines as to why some people are being given waivers and it is not clear as to how many are being denied, if any, this is a lawsuit just waiting to happen.
4. Posted by jim m | March 7, 2011 9:05 AM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 09:05
5. Posted by GarandFan | March 7, 2011 9:55 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
How many of those organizations getting 'waivers' were beating the drum for ObamaCare less than a year ago?
5. Posted by GarandFan | March 7, 2011 9:55 AM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 09:55
6. Posted by Don L | March 7, 2011 10:16 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Question: How do you define a waiver?
Answer: A free lunch/pass for party loyalists*
*see old Soviet Union
6. Posted by Don L | March 7, 2011 10:16 AM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 10:16
7. Posted by Don L | March 7, 2011 10:27 AM | Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
If the GOP suddenly were to develop integrity and courage (that Lion in Oz thing) they would go down, or win, by running on a platform of no waivers - no exceptions - all Americans, especially the political class including the White House. Everyone must live under Obamacare and randomlyu selected - citizen oversight - not politically run by the administration - that death panel thing) with supoena authority. They would toss the idea right back to the Marxists that created it.
Did I mention that it would take courage?
But I dream....
7. Posted by Don L | March 7, 2011 10:27 AM |
Score: 4 (4 votes cast)
Posted on March 7, 2011 10:27
8. Posted by proof | March 7, 2011 11:10 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Do any of these 1,040 organizations have competitors? Do these competitors receive the same exemptions, or is the giant thumb of government on the scale against them?
Have any of these 1,040 organizations contributed to Barack Obama? If coincidentally all of them, would this not be malfeasance, if not "High crimes and misdemeanors"?
For the sake of transparency, which Obama touts more than he produces, we should get a list of how much each of these 1,040 organizations has contributed to Obama and his party.
8. Posted by proof | March 7, 2011 11:10 AM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 11:10
9. Posted by LibertyAtStake | March 7, 2011 11:19 AM | Score: 3 (3 votes cast)
If the legal team of Holder, Abbott, Costello, Laurel, Hardy, and Marx can't get an appeal accepted by the end of this week, Judge Vinson will be issuing the waiver from Florida.
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9. Posted by LibertyAtStake | March 7, 2011 11:19 AM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 11:19
10. Posted by 914 | March 7, 2011 12:24 PM | Score: 2 (2 votes cast)
Pay to play... Barry has yet to pay.
10. Posted by 914 | March 7, 2011 12:24 PM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 12:24
11. Posted by Michael Lang | March 7, 2011 7:18 PM | Score: 0 (2 votes cast)
I would really really love to hear that moron Bruce Henry's lamo excuse for these waivers.....Waiting?....waiting....waiting.......waiting.....................
11. Posted by Michael Lang | March 7, 2011 7:18 PM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 19:18
12. Posted by Michael Lang | March 7, 2011 10:03 PM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
I would really really love to hear what moron Bruce Henry's lamo excuse for these waivers is.....waiting?....waiting....waiting.......waiting.
12. Posted by Michael Lang | March 7, 2011 10:03 PM |
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Posted on March 7, 2011 22:03
13. Posted by Chris Future | March 8, 2011 1:03 AM | Score: 1 (1 votes cast)
Has anyone been denied a waiver yet? if you ask me, they want this thing to fail and fail miserably so that they can start the process to truck in full on socialized medicine. Take it from an ex-Canadian, Moore's Sicko was a pack of lies.
13. Posted by Chris Future | March 8, 2011 1:03 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2011 01:03
14. Posted by Les Nessman | March 8, 2011 7:45 AM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
"they want this thing to fail and fail miserably so that they can start the process to truck in full on socialized medicine."
Exactly.
14. Posted by Les Nessman | March 8, 2011 7:45 AM |
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Posted on March 8, 2011 07:45