Do you recall that I mentioned the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel editorial advocating that the “individual mandate” of the PPACA be deferred and my remark that we’d see a lot of similar editorial in the coming weeks? Add the Chicago Tribune to the list:
The next three weeks are crucial. There will be a mad scramble to keep fixing a massively complex computer system while processing millions of sensitive personal documents. That’s not just about covering the uninsured. Millions of people who had individual coverage but lost it because of Obamacare need coverage starting Jan. 1. Many of them are still in limbo, their applications lost in the giant federal maze.
All the more reason for the administration to delay the mandate that Americans buy insurance or pay a penalty.
The White House already has granted businesses a pass on providing employees insurance or paying a fine.
Last month, administration officials told state regulators they could allow insurers to extend individual insurance policies into 2014. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois announced Monday that it will allow customers to do that.
Last week, the administration postponed for at least a year plans to allow small businesses in many states to use a website to choose health insurance plans for their employees.
How about an early Christmas present? Give everyone a pause on Obamacare.
The Trib has been skeptical about the PPACA since its very start so this editorial isn’t particularly surprising.
How about giving everyone a total ‘pass’ on Obamacare, get rid of it, and start over with bipartisan input — for the good of all the people, rather than just what social progressives think is best for the people.