WTF??? NJ loses $7.6 million in Obamacare aid as grant expires [View all]

[malaise]

http://www.northjersey.com/news/New_Jerseys_76M_grant_for_marketing_marketplace_for_Obamacare_expires_without_plan.html#sthash.rMcTxu7K.dpuf
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New Jersey’s insurance commissioner sought an 11th hour reprieve from the federal government as a $7.6-million grant for marketing the new insurance marketplace under the Affordable Care Act was due to sunset on Wednesday.

Insurance Commissioner Kenneth E. Kobylowski asked for “reconsideration and flexibility… to repurpose this grant in a manner that best meets our state’s needs,” in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sibelius.

But it was too little too late.

“Unfortunately the state has yet to send us a request to re-scope their grant for any allowable activities,” said Courtney Jenkins, a spokeswoman for the federal health and human services department. Federal officials said the grant would expire at the close of business on Thursday if New Jersey did not put forward an acceptable plan.
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Sorry Christie - the old F word is still the old F word - fuck you!