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Death by a Thousand Cuts
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Bits and pieces fall off, and everyone acts like they weren't there in the first place.
They've already axed some major parts, like CLASS, and have delayed or postponed quite a few deadlines.
None of this matters, they're just going to implement whatever they can by Oct. 1 and call it a success.
They've already axed some major parts, like CLASS, and have delayed or postponed quite a few deadlines.
None of this matters, they're just going to implement whatever they can by Oct. 1 and call it a success.
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Whats dying with Obamacare with Cali hiring 21,000 Navigators to sign people up? Looks like shes gaining steam!
My list of delays, repeals and early terminations include:
Did I miss anything?
1099 provisions repealed
CLASS Act repealed
Discrimination Testing delayed until 2014
FBHPO BASIC plan delayed to 2015
Co-Op plans defunded
PCIP terminated early
SHOP multi-choice options delayed to 2015
Mini-meds extinction waived until 2014
Cadillac tax delayed from 2013 to 2018
CLASS Act repealed
Discrimination Testing delayed until 2014
FBHPO BASIC plan delayed to 2015
Co-Op plans defunded
PCIP terminated early
SHOP multi-choice options delayed to 2015
Mini-meds extinction waived until 2014
Cadillac tax delayed from 2013 to 2018
Did I miss anything?
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Ann : Me thinks you did miss something, the 800 lb gorilla in the room? Wheres the subsidies and/or the funding for it? Could they be delayed or derailed? No Subsidy = NO Obammiecare.
I like this. My list was a list of provisions specifically created by the law, that have been formally repealed, delayed or terminated early. But as you all said, there are many other promises that have been broken. And there are promises that clearly will be broken in the near future, because they cannot functionally continue. Right now, the democratically controlled Senate garnered 79 votes (and the house will surely follow) to kill the medical device tax. The agent commission may come out of the MLR. Medicare Advantage cuts were just rolled backwards. (Oops, that is one that should go on the formal list) There are so many more that I can't remember them all. This could be looked at as "unraveling" Obamacare, or it could be looked at as tweaking it to make it work better, depending on your level of denial. I expect the weeks leading up to October 1st to be mighty entertaining.
It happened in the 400 vote-O-rama til 4am in morning when senate passed first budget in 4 yrs
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Despite Symbolic Senate Vote, Medical Device Tax Likely Here To Stay. CQ
(4/4, Reichard, Subscription Publication) reports that despite the "worrisome tremor beneath the feet of many Democratic lawmakers" when the Senate voted symbolically to repeal the Affordable Care Act's medical device tax, this repeal is unlikely to be made law. The article lists five reasons why the tax will stick around, including: "It won't be easy to get a standalone measure repealing the 2.3 percent excise tax out of the house," and "that $29 billion price tag isn't chump change." Finally, the article concludes, "A broad tax overhaul isn't going to be a magical solution."
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Despite Symbolic Senate Vote, Medical Device Tax Likely Here To Stay. CQ
(4/4, Reichard, Subscription Publication) reports that despite the "worrisome tremor beneath the feet of many Democratic lawmakers" when the Senate voted symbolically to repeal the Affordable Care Act's medical device tax, this repeal is unlikely to be made law. The article lists five reasons why the tax will stick around, including: "It won't be easy to get a standalone measure repealing the 2.3 percent excise tax out of the house," and "that $29 billion price tag isn't chump change." Finally, the article concludes, "A broad tax overhaul isn't going to be a magical solution."
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