252 MAR 6, 2014 10:27 AM ET
By Megan McArdle
The Barack Obama administration announced yesterday that it was extending the “grandfathering” of noncompliant health-care plans for two more years. In other words, everything is proceeding as I have foreseen:
The law still lacks the political legitimacy to survive in the long term. And in a bid to increase that legitimacy, the administration has set two very dangerous precedents: It has convinced voters that no unpopular provisions should ever be allowed to take effect, and it has asserted an executive right to rewrite the law, which Republicans can just as easily use to unravel this tangled web altogether.
Many of the commentators I’ve read seem to think that the worst is over, as far as unpopular surprises. In fact, the worst is yet to come."...
So does this piss off all those who had a 'substandard' plan, gave it up and already signed up for Obuma's plan? Can they say never mind and go back to their substandard plan or no plan?
GreatGran wrote: So does this piss off all those who had a 'substandard' plan, gave it up and already signed up for Obuma's plan? Can they say never mind and go back to their substandard plan or no plan?
Nope, once you enter the system, there ain't no backing out....
