State legislators were thrown into disarray, thanks to Obama’s decision to change an important healthcare provision with a number of them left pensive about whether their state laws would allow them to do exactly as Obama had suggested.
Just a day later as the President tried to control the anxiety that was caused by this change, some of these regulators decided to go with Obama’s changed while others said they needed more time to decide what needed to be done, considering the complex logistics involved as well as its impact on consumers.
This is the latest complication in a series of others and from which Obama has been trying to protect the law that he signed into effect in 2010. Since then, not only has this law come under strong opposition but with the launch of the federal marketplace for the uninsured, it has come under attack again for technical problems.
To make matters worse, the President has tried to fix a promise that he broke by allowing customers to keep their healthcare plans if they still liked it, by getting insurance companies to extend the insurance plans that were supposed to be banned.
All these changes are adding to the confusion that hangs over the insurance market, and it has reached a point where Democrats, who face reelection next year, are beginning to get nervous about the healthcare bill itself.
So, it should come as no surprise that a bill was passed in the House recently that allowed insurers to continue selling consumer policies even if it doesn’t meet the law’s requirements..