Mandate Waiver for Some Low-Income People

[elleng]

Source: AP/NYT

The Obama administration says low-income residents in states that decide to opt out of a big Medicaid expansion in the new health care law will not risk federal penalties as an unintended consequence.



Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2012/07/10/us/politics/ap-us-health-overhaul-medicaid.html?hp

[Skittles]

1. so

they will still be uninsured

[Lionessa]

2. Given the restrictions the USSC put on him, this is a good thing. Thank you, Obama.

[Igel]

3. I hope that's just a restatement of the law as passed.

I mean, there's already an income cut-off for the penalty. I assume that they're not deciding to revise the cut-off level on their own for some people in some states--in which case, perhaps Obama did pass the law that'll be implemented--but are merely pointing out that the cut-off as written into law is already higher than those who would be eligible under the Medicaid expansion.

[Merlot]

4. You think the people who don't have healthcare will be pissed about their gov's

not accepting the medicare expansion? No matter what they think of ObamaCare, they probably really like the idea of Medicare.

Possibly they'll start voting democratic.

[elleng]

5. We hope they realize who did it,

and start voting in their own interests.