The Seattle Times is reporting that the Insurance Comissioner of liberal Washington State rejected Obama's "fix" two hours after he spoke.

With liberal Washington State leading the way, the Obama Credibility Death Spiral has begun.

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http://blogs.seattletimes.com/healthcare...celed-policies/

State insurance commissioner rejects Obama’s proposal to extend canceled policies

State Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler has rejected President Obama’s proposal to allow insurance companies to extend health insurance policies for people who have received notices that their policies will be cancelled at the end of the year.

Within two hours of President Obama’s news conference announcing the proposed administrative fix for Americans upset by their policy cancellations, Kreidler issued a statement rejecting the proposal.

“I understand that many people are upset by the notices they have recently received from their health plans and they may not need the new benefits [in the Affordable Care Act] today,” he said. “But I have serious concerns about how President Obama’s proposal would be implemented and more significantly, its potential impact on the overall stability of our health insurance market.”

“I do not believe his proposal is a good deal for the state of Washington,” Kreidler’s statement continued. “We will not be allowing insurance companies to extend their policies.”

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Good thing I'm bi-coastal now. My current policy was issued in the Deep South and I was able to renew it until December 2014. If I get really sick, I need to call Delta Airlines to fly me back to Dixie.

National Association of Insurance Commissioners

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/insurance-...-202421518.html

Insurance Commissioners Have No Idea How Obama's Obamacare 'Fix' Is Going To Work

An organization of U.S. state insurance commissioners on Thursday expressed "concern" at President Barack Obama's administrative "fix" to the Affordable Care Act, which will allow insurers to keep offering current plans for a year even if they don't meet certain minimum requirements of the law.

Jim Donelon, president of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners, said in a statement that he's not sure how the proposed patch will practically be put into effect.

Here's Donelon's statement, in part:

"We ... are concerned by the President’s announcement today that the federal government would use its 'enforcement discretion' to delay enforcement of the ACA’s market reforms in 2014 for plans that are currently in effect. This decision continues different rules for different policies and threatens to undermine the new market, and may lead to higher premiums and market disruptions in 2014 and beyond.

In addition, it is unclear how, as a practical matter, the changes proposed today by the President can be put into effect. In many states, cancellation notices have already gone out to policyholders and rates and plans have already been approved for 2014. Changing the rules through administrative action at this late date creates uncertainty and may not address the underlying issues. We look forward to learning more details of this policy change and about how the administration proposes that regulators and insurers make this work for all consumers."

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Since Obama has never even run a hot dog stand in the free market, he will be totally clueless in regards to how to "make this work".

Interesting. All blue states.

Even the far-Left Mother Jones is smart enough to know that Obama's "fix" is phony. The insurance companies could do it but why on Earth would they want to?

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http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2013...rance-companies

Here's the Problem With Obama's Health Care Fix: Insurance Companies
Obama's plan to avert cancellations puts the power in the hands of the insurers.

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Interesting. All blue states.

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The Washington, Vermont and Arkansas Insurance Commissioners have now REJECTED the "fix".

Florida, Ohio and Kentucky have ACCEPTED the "fix".

Florida Blue will extend the 300,000 cancelled policies. The Insurance Commissioners in Ohio and Kentucky say that the decision to extend policies will be "up to the insurance companies".

One HUGE problem for the Democrats: The scheduled Death Penalty dates for these policies will be shortly after the November 2014 mid-term elections. The GOP needs to keep reminding voters that their policies WILL die right after the election because of the Democrats.

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http://news.yahoo.com/will-states-accept...-214110316.html

Will states accept Obama’s insurance exchange fix?

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How can they make these announcements if the law didnt pass yet? Does anybody know what they are doing? I knew this jackass in chief was going to confuse people.

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How can they make these announcements if the law didnt pass yet? Does anybody know what they are doing? I knew this jackass in chief was going to confuse people.

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Florida Blue is going to accept the laibility of carry policies which are still illegal under the ACA based upon Obama's promise that they'll be held harmless for so doing?

FB's in-house attorneys should all be fired, forthwith, for malpractice (assuming they haven't already resigned in protest).

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