Brainfade Posted August 14, 2013 Posted August 14, 2013 Now we do, and we don't like it. Following the 1-yr delay in the employer mandate, the enormous number of waivers being granted or considered for unions, and creating a surge in the part-time economy, the white house is delaying another major pillar of PPACA: consumer-cost limits. Read on: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/13/us/a-limit-on-consumer-costs-is-delayed-in-health-care-law.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 The limit on out-of-pocket costs, including deductibles and co-payments, was not supposed to exceed $6,350 for an individual and $12,700 for a family. But under a little-noticed ruling, federal officials have granted a one-year grace period to some insurers, allowing them to set higher limits, or no limit at all on some costs, in 2014. The grace period has been outlined on the Labor Department’s Web site since February, but was obscured in a maze of legal and bureaucratic language that went largely unnoticed. When asked in recent days about the language — which appeared as an answer to one of 137 “frequently asked questions about Affordable Care Act implementation†— department officials confirmed the policy. In typical govt fashion - bait and switch. The unions fell for it, as did millions of others.
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