Kiss "universal" and "mandatory" good-bye.
February 15th,
was a very important day as to the history of ObamaCare. With its passing, we now know that ObamaCare will never be what
the Progressive Lock-Steppers had hoped it would be . . . . .
universal and mandatory. 26
states failed to meet the deadline for accepting partnership in the Medicare Exchanges system central to the successful implementation and continuation of ObamaCare.
Central Government had hoped each state would take the time
and money necessary to setting up each of the 50 Medicare Exchanges, with a promise from the Federal Government
for reimbursement, at a later date. Since the Feds are infamous for reneging on
such promises or changing the rules of law,
26 states, nearly all with GOP governors, have told the government, “no,” leaving "Central Planning" (a Russian communist
term) to come up with the organizational teams and initial funding to establish
these exchanges, on their own. In 6 other states, Central Planning will have to, at least,
share the cost of “set up and
initial delivery.”
The little known secret,
here, is the fact that ObamaCare
did not plan on this expense. Only 16 of
the 50 states have agreed to set up and run their respective exchanges on their
own. 12 of these 16 are led by Democrat
governors.
The end result of all this includes the fact that these federal exchanges will function separately from the several states. Additional traffic into ObamaCare via Medicare's increasing population(s), will not be shared by the states nor any of the costs for these exchanges. Consequently, the cost to ObamaCare will sky-rocket, far beyond any projections given by this Administration, during the so-called "ObamaCare debate."
Understand that Medicare, from a cost perspective, is wildly out of control. It's funding levels are 42 trillion dollars in debt measured against future and established obligations, a number revised up from 37 trillion, three months ago by the CBO. State governors see no advantage for their cooperation with a Federal Government that will say and promise anything, to lure states into its ever expanding web.
Blocking state partnership will establish a divide between
the state and the Federal government as relates to
ObamaCare. As a result, the following advantages are
established:
Advantages
1. Because employers in these 26 states, cannot be punished with tax levies when found to be out of step with ObamaCare mandates, as much as $3,000 per employee may be their savings , giving them them a competitive advantage over businesses within the federally controlled states.
2. The religious conscience of employers is protected. HHH mandates cannot be enforced on those
entities that are not members of these exchanges.
3. States that have opted out of the exchange program(s), will save between 10 billion and 100 billion
in additional costs related to ObamaCare,
in the first 10 years of this program,
and no one knows how much more in the future.
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A video summary of much of this posted discussion from the CATO Institute.
