HHS approves 200 more new healthcare reform waivers

Julian Pecquet
The Hill
May 15, 2011

The Obama administration approved 204 new waivers to Democrats’ healthcare reform law over the past month, bringing the total to 1,372.

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The waivers are temporary and only apply to one provision of the law, which requires health plans to offer at least $750,000 worth of annual medical benefits before leaving patients to fend for themselves. Still, Republicans have assailed the waivers as a sign of both favoritism and of major problems with the law.

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This article was posted: Sunday, May 15, 2011 at 8:21 am

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