Post by grubbi on Nov 4, 2012 16:29:35 GMT -6
nlpc.org/stories/2011/05/26/unions-are-major-major-recipients-obama-health-care-waivers
This raises the ultimate issue: Why did Congress bother to pass a law that so few people seem to want for themselves? That the Obama administration has issued so many waivers, and to more than 90 percent of applicants, is a testament to the law's unpopularity. The main original purpose of the health care law was to eliminate arbitrary insurer determinations of patient eligibility based on age, preexisting conditions and other risk factors. Now we have the specter of President Obama's allies saying, "It's a great law, but it's not for us. Let someone else pay the tab." The irony is glaring. But don't expect labor leaders to admit as much. For them, access to power is the name of the game.
This raises the ultimate issue: Why did Congress bother to pass a law that so few people seem to want for themselves? That the Obama administration has issued so many waivers, and to more than 90 percent of applicants, is a testament to the law's unpopularity. The main original purpose of the health care law was to eliminate arbitrary insurer determinations of patient eligibility based on age, preexisting conditions and other risk factors. Now we have the specter of President Obama's allies saying, "It's a great law, but it's not for us. Let someone else pay the tab." The irony is glaring. But don't expect labor leaders to admit as much. For them, access to power is the name of the game.