The Obama administration is easing requirements on those seeking government aid through ObamaCare, making it easier to apply for subsidies just days after making another major change to the law's implementation.
Reuters first reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was tweaking the rules which require those seeking federal aid for insurance coverage to prove they actually need the help.
Under the law, those seeking subsidies are supposed to have incomes no higher than 400 percent of the federal poverty line. Further, they can't have access to affordable insurance through their jobs.
The administration looked to the newly created "exchanges" -- a blend of federal- and-state run insurance marketplaces -- to verify those facts. Originally, the administration wanted to launch random checks to verify whether applicants got insurance through their jobs, and to individually verify everyone's income level.
But Reuters reports that the new rules released on Friday will give 16 states -- as well as the District of Columbia -- a pass for now on the employer-insurance verification. For those states, which are launching their own exchanges, the federal government will give them until 2015 to start random checks. The exchanges themselves launch at the beginning of 2014.There's More..Read the rest HERE and view a related video below:
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These changes are becoming a DAILY EVENT. DON'T BE FOOLED...it's about 2014 and taking the train wreck off the table for a year.
ALSO, Barry is hoping that by relaxing the requirements for those seeking subsidies, MORE WILL SIGN UP. It's his hope that this will stop the bill from ever being repealed down the road because no one will want to take someone's insurance away
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