ObamaCare's implementers continue to roam
the battlefield and shoot their own wounded, and the latest casualty is
the core of the Affordable Care Act—the individual mandate. To wit, last
week the Administration quietly excused millions of people from the
requirement to purchase health insurance or else pay a tax penalty.
This
latest political reconstruction has received zero media notice, and the
Health and Human Services Department didn't think the details were
worth discussing in a conference call, press materials or fact sheet.
Instead, the mandate suspension was buried in an unrelated rule that was
meant to preserve some health plans that don't comply with ObamaCare benefit and redistribution mandates. Our sources only noticed the change this week.
That seven-page technical bulletin
includes a paragraph and footnote that casually mention that a rule in a
separate December 2013 bulletin would be extended for two more years,
until 2016. Lo and behold, it turns out this second rule,
which was supposed to last for only a year, allows Americans whose
coverage was cancelled to opt out of the mandate altogether.
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