The Eighth Day of Obamacare
222 Rules A-Waiving: According to an Administration website, the Department of Health and Human Services has issued 222 waivers to health plans exempting them from some of the health care law’s more prominent new mandates. These waivers – many of them issued to labor unions – demonstrate the onerous nature of the mandates being imposed, and the inconsistent way in which the law is being applied, with some entities granted waivers based on the determination of federal bureaucrats.
On the eighth day of Obamacare, the government gave to me:
222 Rules a-waiving
40,000,000 Forms a-filling
7,400,000 MA benes losing
0 Oversight hearings
159 Boards and programs
16,500 IRS agents
21 Federal lawsuits
And a health insurance mandate “fee”