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August 14, 2013

"In Another Setback For Obama," the NYT Reports, Cost-Controls Will Also be Delayed

What does the law matter? The law is just some words on a piece of paper.

We always knew this "Democratic Republic" thing was a fad.

The weakling secretly craves the order the strong man brings, and America -- and especially its disgusting institutions -- are weaklings in all ways, intellectual, moral, and physical.

So here we go. New Executive Laws now on tap.

— In another setback for President Obama’s health care initiative, the administration has delayed until 2015 a significant consumer protection in the law that limits how much people may have to spend on their own health care.

The limit on out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and co-payments, was not supposed to exceed $6,350 for an individual and $12,700 for a family. But under a little-noticed ruling, federal officials have granted a one-year grace period to some insurers, allowing them to set higher limits, or no limit at all on some costs, in 2014.

The grace period has been outlined on the Labor Department’s Web site since February, but was obscured in a maze of legal and bureaucratic language that went largely unnoticed. When asked in recent days about the language — which appeared as an answer to one of 137 “frequently asked questions about Affordable Care Act implementation” — department officials confirmed the policy.

The discovery is likely to fuel continuing Republican efforts this fall to discredit the president’s health care law.

Likely, yes.


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