It's about discipline, order, command, and kicking our enemies' asses Euwe.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 3:51 PM, euwe <[email protected]> wrote: > if war is so good, why do we have a penalty for desertion? > > On Oct 20, 1:24 pm, dick <[email protected]> wrote: > > * REVIEW & OUTLOOK > > < > http://online.wsj.com/public/search?article-doc-type=%7BReview+%26+Ou....> > > * OCTOBER 20, 2010 > > > > ObamaCare, for Some > > > > Step right up and get your waiver. > > > > * Article > > < > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870379410457554605234324...> > > > > * Comments (74) > > < > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870379410457554605234324...> > > > > more in Opinion > > <http://online.wsj.com/public/page/news-opinion-commentary.html> � > > > > * Email > > < > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870379410457554605234324...> > > * Print > > < > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870379410457554605234324...> > > * > > > > Save This > > < > http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870379410457554605234324...> > > ? 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In the clearest evidence so far that ObamaCare is harmful in > > practice and an election-year liability, the Obama Administration has > > decided not to enforce some of the law's "consumer protections." At > > least when the results are politically embarrassing. > > > > Over the last several weeks the Health and Human Services Department has > > granted dozens of temporary waivers to certain ObamaCare mandates so > > that insurers and businesses won't drop or cancel coverage. The most > > conspicuous went to McDonald's to protect the "mini-med" plans for some > > 30,000 hourly workers from a rule that prohibits annual restrictions on > > benefits. Mini-med policies offer modest coverage at low premiums and > > other low-wage fast-food chains like Jack in the Box and Denny's have > > been granted waivers as well. > > > > Cigna, Aetna and a few other insurers have been given hall passes to > > continue selling mini-meds. Another went to the United Federation of > > Teachers Welfare Fund. The New York union offers city teachers > > supplemental drug coverage that would have been banned under the new > rules. > > > > At least this sudden regulatory flexibility is protecting the coverage > > that people have today, as President Obama promised. But it isn't much > > of an improvement if HHS retreats only after a national political > > blow-up. After all, the essential point of the regulations was to > > destroy mini-med plans and other types of coverage that Democrats claim > > are insufficiently generous. Democrats from Mr. Obama on down call these > > rules "the patients' bill of rights," but people don't regularly need > > exemptions from a bill of rights. > > > > And is it really better that HHS will impose destructive regulations and > > then decide on ad hoc basis who they'll hit? This is an invitation to > > play favorites, exact political retribution and pursue whatever > > arbitrary goals HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and her successors > > happen to hold. ObamaCare amnesty shouldn't go merely to the CEOs who > > can get White House aide Valerie Jarrett on the horn. > > > > Recall, too, that the original McDonald's memo the Journal exposed was > > actually warning about the future damage that will be caused by the > > forthcoming definition of the "medical loss ratio," that is, what > > insurers are allowed to count as spending on health-care services. HHS > > said in a statement that Ms. Sebelius has the power to waive those rules > > too when they come out and "we fully intend to exercise her discretion > > under the new law to address the special circumstances of mini-med plans > > in the medical loss ratio calculations." > > > > In other words, HHS is pre-emptively declaring that it will grant a > > special dispensation to rules that haven't even been finalized. Wouldn't > > it be better to write less destructive rules in the first place? Or why > > not give everyone a waiver from everything? > > > > The reality is that ObamaCare assigns HHS vast, undefined new powers > > that will mean whatever Ms. Sebelius and her team decides they will > > mean. The bill uses the phrase "the Secretary shall" or one of its > > variants more than a thousand times. Earlier this year, the > > Congressional Research Service found that ObamaCare created a "currently > > unknowable" number of new boards, commissions and offices, adding that > > "it is currently impossible to know how much influence they will > > ultimately have." > > > > HHS is also not building this bureaucratic apparatus in a transparent > > way. Ten of the 12 new regulations that HHS has issued in the last six > > months have been "interim final rules" that are not open to the ordinary > > process of public comment. > > > > The White House had to play favorites with Senators and special > > interests to pass ObamaCare, and its implementation is no less ugly. But > > the waiver wave is most telling for what it says about the architects of > > this plan. By bending their own rules, they're conceding their > > destructiveness. > > > > Printed in The Wall Street Journal, page A20 > > > > Copyright 2009 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. 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