ObamaCare waivers expose health care reform as a bad idea

If ObamaCare is such a good idea, why are so many waivers being issued? Perhaps we should waive bye-bye to ObamaCare and repeal it?

From--wow--the New York Times:

As Obama administration officials put into place the first major wave of changes under the health care legislation, they have tried to defuse stiffening resistance — from companies like McDonald’s and some insurers — by granting dozens of waivers to maintain even minimal coverage far below the new law’s standards.

The waivers have been issued in the last several weeks as part of a broader strategic effort to stave off threats by some health insurers to abandon markets, drop out of the business altogether or refuse to sell certain policies.

Among those that administration officials hoped to mollify with waivers were some big insurers, some smaller employers and McDonald’s, which went so far as to warn that the regulations could force it to strip workers of existing coverage.

At a time when the midterm elections are looming and Republicans have been vocal in campaigning against the law, reaction to the rollout has been closely watched.

Waivers have been granted to thirty insurers, businesses, and union plans--effecting one million people. Which means there are 299 million more to go.

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