PORTLAND, Maine - The federal government Tuesday granted Maine a waiver of a key provision in President Barack Obama's health care overhaul, citing the likelihood that enforcement could destabilize the state's market for individual health insurance.
The U.S. Health and Human Services department said in a letter it would waive the requirement that insurers spend 80 cents to 85 cents of every premium dollar on medical care and quality improvement. Instead, the letter said, the state could maintain its 65 percent standard for three years, with the caveat that HHS intends to review the figures after two years.
The decision makes Maine the first state to receive a waiver of the requirement. Similar requests are pending from Kentucky, Nevada and New Hampshire........
.....In seeking the waiver, Maine Insurance Superintendent Mila Kofman feared that one of three major insurers offering individual plans in Maine would withdraw from the market altogether if the federal requirement remained in place. The insurer, MEGA Life and Health Insurance Co., has 37 percent of the state's individual market......
They are democrat pukes. Plus, they are apparently sold out to the union pond scum because their "Cadillac Healthcare Plans" would be in jeopardy under 'baboon care'
They are democrat pukes. Plus, they are apparently sold out to the union pond scum because their "Cadillac Healthcare Plans" would be in jeopardy under 'baboon care'
You need to get your head out of the sand some time my friend.. Maine went mostly Republican in our government this past election. Our govenor is not better than Walker.. We are gearing up for the same old, same old from LePage already heading down Walker's path. One thing is for sure with all this crap going on the republicans will surely be loosing more seats again in 2012..
Last edited by Phil from Maine; 03-09-2011 at 04:41 PM.
Well, why aren't the other 49 states now getting their waiver. Equal protection clause?
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Well, why aren't the other 49 states now getting their waiver. Equal protection clause?
I have nothing to do with it so I guess you need to ask Lepage or Obama.. They are the ones that hold the magic answer. I do feel it may have to do with our high rate of unemployed and retired people living up here. We have a lot of out of staters living the good ol retired life up here. Though mostly it is seasonal when they come here.
I have nothing to do with it so I guess you need to ask Lepage or Obama.. They are the ones that hold the magic answer. I do feel it may have to do with our high rate of unemployed and retired people living up here. We have a lot of out of staters living the good ol retired life up here. Though mostly it is seasonal when they come here.
Oh, let's all have a pity party for phil's condition up there in Maine. Ready 1,2,3....
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John Adams “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the laws of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”
Ronald Reagan: 'Everybody that is for abortion has already been born'
"I never said I was worth it. I only said I wouldn't do it for less " William F. Buckley Jr.
Oh, let's all have a pity party for phil's condition up there in Maine. Ready 1,2,3....
I would laugh with you but it is the same thing going on all over most of the country. You ask me a question that I could not give you the answer on and now you want to give a pity party..
They are democrat pukes. Plus, they are apparently sold out to the union pond scum because their "Cadillac Healthcare Plans" would be in jeopardy under 'baboon care'
I really like the new name you gave the health care crap we got stuffed down our throats by the d.a. democrats. From now on It "BABOON CARE" for me. I love it .Jim
Maine First State To Get Obama Care Waiver
