{"id":4056,"date":"2011-06-18T10:22:13","date_gmt":"2011-06-18T14:22:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/?p=4056"},"modified":"2011-06-18T10:22:13","modified_gmt":"2011-06-18T14:22:13","slug":"weekend-news-dump-obama-administration-to-end-obamacare-waiver-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/06\/18\/weekend-news-dump-obama-administration-to-end-obamacare-waiver-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend News Dump: Obama Administration to End ObamaCare Waiver Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, remember those <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/tag\/waivers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Obamacare waivers<\/a> the Department of Health and Human Services was passing out like candy? Well they&#8217;ve decided to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ajc.com\/news\/nation-world\/obama-admin-to-end-979989.html\" target=\"_blank\">end the program in September<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WASHINGTON  \u2014 Removing a potential political distraction ahead of  next year&#8217;s elections, the Obama administration Friday announced an  early end to a health care waiver program that has come under fire from  congressional Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>Political considerations were &#8220;absolutely not&#8221; part of the decision,  said Steve Larsen, head of a section of the Health and Human Services  department that oversees President Barack Obama&#8217;s health care law.<\/p>\n<p>Larsen said no new applications for waivers will be considered after  Sept. 22. Approvals or renewals received by the deadline will be good  through 2013. Starting in 2014, the main coverage provisions of the  health care law will take effect, and such waivers will no longer be  needed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Heh, of course this has nothing to do with mounting <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/06\/14\/gao-releases-obamacare-waiver-analysis-still-no-clear-rhyme-or-reason-to-process\/\" target=\"_blank\">criticism of the process<\/a> or the fact that HHS has no <a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2011\/06\/07\/obamacare-waivers-werent-in-original-law-appearance-of-political-favors-persists\/\" target=\"_blank\">statutory authority for granting these waivers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To be honest I stopped paying attention to the whole Obamacare waiver mess shortly HHS granted a wavier to the entire state of Maine&#8230; Anyway, it looks like the White  House transparency wizards have finally realized just how damaging the public backlash over these waivers has become and is now in CYA mode&#8230; In short: no more disclosures, no more public scrutiny and no more headaches for them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.heritage.org\/?p=54993\" target=\"_blank\">House Hearing Reveals the Truth About the Obamacare Waivers<\/a> &#8211; Heritage Foundation<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/healthwatch\/health-reform-implementation\/167139-administration-unveils-new-healthcare-law-waiver-process\" target=\"_blank\">Obama administration to end monthly healthcare law waiver approvals<\/a> &#8211; The Hill<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, remember those Obamacare waivers the Department of Health and Human Services was passing out like candy? Well they&#8217;ve decided to end the program in September: WASHINGTON \u2014 Removing a potential political distraction ahead of next year&#8217;s elections, the Obama administration Friday announced an early end to a health care waiver program that has come [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[43,7],"tags":[1109,779,1108],"class_list":{"0":"post-4056","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-health-care","7":"category-politics","8":"tag-health-and-human-services","9":"tag-obamacare","10":"tag-waivers","11":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pfpI7-13q","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3904,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/09\/waiver-mania-continues-this-time-for-an-entire-state\/","url_meta":{"origin":4056,"position":0},"title":"Waiver Mania Continues; This Time For An Entire State","author":"Jeff","date":"March 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"On March 7th we learned the number Obamacare waivers issued by the Department of Health and Human Services had topped 1,000. Today we learn that the Obama Administration has granted a waiver to an entire state: The federal government Tuesday granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3847,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/03\/07\/obamacare-waivers-now-top-1000\/","url_meta":{"origin":4056,"position":1},"title":"Obamacare Waivers Now Top 1000","author":"Jeff","date":"March 7, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"When the story first broke last November the Obama Administration has issued just over 100 waivers, that number has grown steadily and reached what can best be called a grim milestone: The number of temporary healthcare reform waivers granted by the Obama administration to organizations climbed to more than 1,000,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3705,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2010\/11\/15\/obama-administration-grants-111-obamacare-waivers-buries-info-on-hhs-web-site\/","url_meta":{"origin":4056,"position":2},"title":"Obama Administration Grants 111 Obamacare Waivers; Buries Info on HHS Web Site","author":"Jeff","date":"November 15, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"When it come to the health care reform the devil is in the details... or is this case the details you won't see in the news. As of November 1, 2010 the Department of Health and Human Services has handed out 111 waivers exempting dozens of businesses and unions from\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4287,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/16\/yet-another-obamacare-glitch\/","url_meta":{"origin":4056,"position":3},"title":"Yet Another ObamaCare Glitch","author":"Jeff","date":"November 16, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Rember when then Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi said \"We Have to Pass the Bill So That You Can Find Out What Is In It\"? Well they passed Obamacare and we're quickly discovering that it is deeply flawed piece of legislation. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Health Care&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Health Care","link":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/category\/health-care\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":4516,"url":"https:\/\/www.jasetaro.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/06\/big-government-officials-have-already-drafted-13000-pages-of-obamacare-rules-regulations\/","url_meta":{"origin":4056,"position":4},"title":"Big Government: Officials Have Already Drafted 13,000 Pages of Obamacare Rules &#038; Regulations","author":"Jeff","date":"July 6, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"And they're just getting started... From Fox News: The Health and Human Services Department \"was given a billion dollars implementation money,\" Republican Rep. 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