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I didn’t bother to post about the Obamacarians giving more than 1000 waivers for their disastrous law.  I’ll wait until it hits 1500, which the way things are going, should be very soon.  But this is noteworthy: It has now given the State of Maine a waiver. From the story:

The federal government Tuesday granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state’s market for individual health insurance. The U.S. Health and Human Services department said in a letter it would waive the requirement that insurers spend 80 cents to 85 cents of every premium dollar on medical care and quality improvement. Instead, the letter said, the state could maintain its 65 percent standard for three years, with the caveat that HHS intends to review the figures after two years.

Why will things change in 2014?  It won’t.

Waivers for everyone!  Then we won’t have to repeal.


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