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CajunWin4 — Fri, 20 Dec 2013 08:17:45 GMT

ILLEGAL: White House in Panic Mode Temporarily Suspends Individual Mandate For People Who Had Their Plans Cancelled

Thursday, December 19, 2013

Via WaPo:

Today, the Obama administration announced that people whose insurance plans were cancelled this year will temporarily be exempted from the individual mandate. Here s how they re doing it and what it means for the law.

1. The individual mandate includes a hardship exemption. People who qualify can either ignore the individual mandate altogether or purchase a cheap, bare-bones catastrophic insurance plan that s typically only available to people under age 30.

2. According to HHS, the exemption covers people who experienced financial or domestic circumstances, including an unexpected natural or human-caused event, such that he or she had a significant, unexpected increase in essential expenses that prevented him or her from obtaining coverage under a qualified health plan.

3. Today, the administration agreed with a group of senators, led by Mark Warner of Virginia, who argued that having your insurance plan canceled counted as an unexpected natural or human-caused event. For these people, in other words, Obamacare itself is the hardship. You can read Sebelius s full letter here. HHS s formal guidance is here.

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Source: http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/illegal-white-house-in-panic-mode-temporarily-suspends-individual-mandate-for-people-who-had-their-plans-cancelled

Source: http://www.redflagnews.com/headlines/illegal-white-house-in-panic-mode-temporarily-suspends-individual-mandate-for-people-who-had-their-plans-cancelled

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