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I find it interesting the list includes so many businesses connected to the health care industry. They range from insurance companies like Allied and Harden Healthcare System to providers like Grace Living Center and Pocono Medical Center.
I see this list growing to thousands very shortly and the number of individuals increasing from 1,175,411.
Also, this list should be very useful for the state’s lawsuit against Obamacare
Peggy it makes me wonder how this list even came about. I don’t know that waivers were a part of the legislation. If not how are these waivers being granted and what are the criteria used to grant waivers? Also why have big companies taken steps to increase employee contributions or announced they may drop health care coverage rather than applying for this waiver.
Onje thing is certain. The health care bill is a disaster creating confusion and uncertainty and once again picking winners and losers.
I noticed a number of unions in the list.
I thought the same thing about the qualifying criteria. What is it and where is it available to review?
If these businesses have set the standard the door is open to a lot more if not all.
I also found interesting the number of business with less then 50 employees. I understood the health care bill was for busineeses with 50 plus employees. Was I wrong?
In the list of Approved Applications for Waiver are insurance companies (Cigna, 265,000 enrollees). If the government is granting waivers to the insurance companies, wouldnt that waiver then apply to employers using that waived insurance company? Perhaps this is easy solution for small employers.
What if the insurance policy belongs to the employee not the employer? This could be an easy solution for those small companies who arent blessed by a Secretary Sebelius waiver and are being forced to drop employee coverage. Simply switching their healthcare payments into LyfeBank accounts allows the employee to purchase a policy of their choosing and gets the employer out of the health insurance mess. Also, LyfeBank accounts allow family members and part time workers to pool employer funds from each job, all with pretax dollars. (See LyfeBank.com)
Peggy: “I understood the health care bill was for busineeses with 50 plus employees. Was I wrong?”
That’s part of the problem. When legisaltion is written and nobody knows what’s in it…your guess is as good as anyones!
I don’t have time right now to look at these web pages…found them on Free Republic:
http://www.hhs.gov/ociio/regulations/approved_applications_for_waiver.html
Applications for waivers from annual limit requirements are reviewed on a case by case basis by Department officials who look at a series of factors including whether or not a premium increase is large or if a significant number of enrollees would lose access to their current plan because the coverage would not be offered in the absence of a waiver.
More detailed information on specific criteria can be found at:
http://www.hhs.gov/ociio/regulations/11-05-2010annual_limits_waiver_bulletin.pdf.
Approved applicants are granted an annual limit waiver for one year. The Office of Consumer Information and Insurance Oversights sub-regulatory guidance on the process for obtaining waivers of the annual limits requirements may be found at:
http://www.hhs.gov/ociio/regulations/patient/ociio_2010-1_20100903_508.pdf