It’s the new “competition”: the federal government gets to decide who wins and who loses, and if you want to be among the winners, you know what you need to do.
It’s the Chicago way:
While some 500 groups got waivers for a healthcare reform provision setting annual coverage requirements, about 50 requests for such exemptions were denied, the Department of Health and Human Services told The Hill Thursday.
A week after Republicans announced an investigation into reform law waivers, HHS made public on Wednesday new waivers for more than 500 groups that would not be able to meet the reform law’s new requirement for annual coverage limits in 2011.
The law gives HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius the flexibility to grant waivers to avoid disruption in the insurance market, but Republicans say the waivers are either gifts to Democratic allies in unions or proof that the reform law isn’t working. A large number of businesses have also received waivers.
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The latest round of approvals bumped the number of waivers from 222 to 729. However, the number of individuals covered by the waivers rose from 1.5 million to just 2.1 million. […]
Crony capitalism / corporatism is nothing more than the precursor to fascism — and another step in the direction of full-blown socialism. Progressives balk at the suggestion that they are running a liberal fascist regime, but at some point, if the brown shirt and spats fit…
It’s been crony capitalism from the time we bought GM. Do what the government says, play along, and you to will be favored with a lower cost of doing business in the U.S. Cross them, and prepare to be destroyed by a mountain of fees and regulations.
It’s the Chicago Way.
“Tribute imposers and tribute bearers. “
Thank god the unions were exempted. It would be unfair to the working man.
Despise these people…
What was different about the 50 or so that were denied?
They forgot that asking for something from someone who will only help you if you have helped them first is standard democrat politics?
They thought that all animals are equal?
That’s the sort of question a journalist might ask.
Stop laughing.
Too slow. #6 for #4.
Bh – next time the MFM commits an act of JournoListism, it will be the first.
Crony capitalism/corporatism sounds a little like fuedalism without all of the cool swords and castles and stuff.
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