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Obama
Administration: We Never Mean a Word We Say
Amy Payne
March 26, 2014
No, it cannot happen. It will not happen. The Obama administration
absolutely, positively will NOT extend the deadline to sign up for
Obamacare.
This isn’t even a laugh line anymore. It’s just an eye roller. And how
silly these guys look now:
“We have no plans to extend the open enrollment period. In fact, we
don’t actually have the statutory authority to extend the open
enrollment period in 2014.” — Health and Human Services (HHS) official
Julie Bataille, March 11
“Once that 2014 open enrollment period has been set, they are set
permanently.” – HHS official Michael Hash, March 11
“March 31st is the deadline for enrollment. You’ve heard us make that
clear.” – Press Secretary Jay Carney, March 21
“There is no delay beyond March 31.” – HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius,
March 12
There was no delay…until there was. The Washington Post reported last
night that March 31 is not, in fact, the final word. To get more time,
you tell the government that you haven’t been able to sign up yet:
Under the new rules, people will be able to qualify for an extension by
checking a blue box on HealthCare.gov to indicate that they tried to
enroll before the deadline. This method will rely on an honor system;
the government will not try to determine whether the person is telling
the truth.
Excellent plan. Sounds very similar to the expanded hardship exemption
from the individual mandate—where the administration essentially said
having your policy canceled by Obamacare was a new hardship that had to
be accommodated. And all you have to say is that you “believe” other
insurance policies available to you are unaffordable.
So the administration’s word means nothing, but officials expect the
rest of America to operate on the honor system.
After years of Obamacare delays and changes, the administration has
lost all credibility.
Americans deserve better. You deserve patient-centered health reform
that is true to its purpose: giving you more choices and better value.
You deserve to control your own health care—and not to have to worry
what the whims of government bureaucrats will be tomorrow.
Check out the cartoon, then read this and other articles at Heritage Foundation
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