It has become much, much worse than I [Greg Scandlen] ever imagined. Obamacare is not even fully in effect yet and already we are seeing the President playing with the carriers like a toddler plays with toy trucks –
- Employers will be mandated to buy your policies for 2014
- (Oops, employers are angry)
- Employers won’t be mandated until 2015 – if then
- Small employers will give workers a choice of health plans through the SHOP program in 2014
- (Oops, we can’t get the web site ready in time)
- Small employers won’t have to offer a choice of plan until – sometime later
- You must cancel these individual policies
- (Oops, public backlash)
- You must reinstate these policies
- (Oops, many insurance commissioners won’t allow it)
- You must continue to cover providers and drugs even for cancelled policies
- The deadline for enrollment will be December 15, 2013
- (Oops, web site problems)
- The deadline for enrollment will be December 23, 2013
- (Oops, too much traffic)
- The deadline for enrollment will be December 24, 2013
- Never mind, there is no deadline
- First month’s premium must be received by December 31, 2013
- (Oops, back-end problems with the web site)
- First month’s premium must be received by January 8, 2014
- Make that January 10, 2014
How can anyone run a business this way? This is worse than being a federal agency. No federal agency would be expected to stop and start on a personal whim like this. These aren’t rules, they aren’t regulations, they are dictates based on nothing more than Kathleen Sebelius’ momentary feelings.
http://thefederalist.com/2013/12/27/insurers-enough-obamacare-aca/
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