Sign that crapcare is a failure...White House backtracks on enrollment deadline

[dario73]

So, the worst white house administration ever states that they "don't actually have the statutory authority to extend the open enrollment period in 2014."

On a conference call back in 03/11 that is what they claimed:
On a conference call with reporters Tuesday afternoon, officials at the Department of Health and Human Services insisted that March 31 is the firm deadline to sign up for Obamacare. "We have no plans to extend the open enrollment period," HHS official Julie Bataille said. "In fact, we don't actually have the statutory authority to extend the open enrollment period in 2014."

A reporter followed up, asking why the administration could delay many other parts of the law but not this one. Michael Hash, who directs the Office of Health Reform at HHS, replied that the law states that the HHS secretary must set the open enrollment dates by June 2012, which Secretary Sebelius did. "Once that 2014 open enrollment period has been set, they are set permanently," Hash said. He did not explain why the administration has the authority to ignore other statutory deadlines to implement the employer mandate or cancel private health insurance plans not eligible for "grandfathering."

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/hhs-we-lack-statutory-authority-extend-obamacares-open-enrollment-period_784621.html

We also have this:

"Are you going to delay the open enrollment beyond March 31st?"

"No, sir"

HEHEHEHEEHEH!!

[dario73]

So what do they do?

Surprise! White House To Delay 'Firm' Obamacare Enrollment Deadline Past March 31
Though the Obama administration repeatedly insisted that its March 31 enrollment deadline for Obamacare’s first year was “firm,” many observers predicted that the administration would combat lagging sales of health law-sponsored insurance plans by extending that deadline. Sure enough, on Tuesday night the White House indicated that it would be postponing that drop date in order to squeeze as many people as possible into the program.

Amy Goldstein of the Washington Post broke the story. Goldstein reports that the revised deadline “will apply to the federal exchanges operating in three dozen states” and extend for two to three weeks.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2014/03/25/surprise-white-house-to-delay-firm-obamacare-enrollment-deadline-past-march-31/

[dario73]

Of couse it is all legal.

And that is what the obama drones will point to.

Yet, this is another evidence that crapcare has failed and this administration can't be trusted. Which is why many in the GOP were correct in stating months ago that they can't trust the failureinchief to keep his word about enforcing a new immigration reform.

So much for change.  HEHEHEHEHE!!

[loco]

Obamacare is crap?  Could the neo-con, teabaggers have been right all along?  Incocibable!!!   

[JOHN MATRIX]

This administration is a complete joke