Saturday, November 23, 2013

California Dems Nix Obamacare 'Fix'



California Dems Nix Obamacare 'Fix'
by Joel B. Pollak 22 Nov 2013
The state of California has rejected President Barack Obama's proposed "fix" for individuals whose insurance policies are being canceled this year as a result of the law.

Last week, the president proposed that insurance companies allow those policies to continue, in an effort to reduce the political damage after he broke his oft-repeated promise that people could keep their plans.

However, California's regulators refused the change.

California's decision is critical--not only because it has already signed up more customers for Obamacare than the federal government as a whole, but also because it is the flagship for the policy's success.

It would have been impossible, in any case, for California to implement Obama's "fix," because several insurance companies have withdrawn from the state rather than participating in the restrictive "Covered California" exchange.

California
Jerry Brown is the California state government governor, and Kathleen Brown’s brother.

Note: Kathleen Brown was the California state government treasurer, is Jerry Brown’s sister, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare is Barack Obama’s signature policy initiative.
Barack Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Michelle Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin LLP.
Newton N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
R. Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of Chicago, Members Directory
Please note: This link for the members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
 Cyrus F. Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Committee for Economic Development.
George Soros is the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Vernon E. Jordan Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great uncle, a senior counsel for Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg (think tank), and a 2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Valerie B. Jarrett is Vernon E. Jordan Jr’s great niece, the senior adviser for the Barack Obama administration, and a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
W. James McNerney Jr. is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and the chairman & president & CEO for the Boeing Company.
Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP is the lobby firm for the Boeing Company.
Barbara G. Fast was a VP for the Boeing Company, and a VP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc. was the Obamacare contractor that developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Donna S. Morea was the EVP for the CGI Group Inc., and a trustee at the Committee for Economic Development.

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