Where, exactly, do they get the authority for all these exemptions, waivers, and extensions?

Where, exactly, do they get the authority for all these exemptions, waivers, and extensions?

PEELING THE ONION OF FAIL (CONT’D): Report: Less Than 15 Percent of Obamacare ‘Enrollees’ Are Actually Covered.

    Obamacare administrators are counting people who’ve browsed the website and placed a plan in their virtual shopping cart — but who never finished the process by checking out — as “enrolled.” That’s a bogus metric. It’s even more bogus when you recall the last point in bold. People are not covered unless and until they’ve made their first premium payment.

It’s Potemkin enrollees all the way down.
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PEELING THE ONION OF FAIL: HHS extends another ObamaCare deadline.

    The Obama administration on Thursday pushed back the deadline for consumers to make their first payment for coverage under the healthcare law.

    Rather than a deadline of Dec. 23, insurers will be required to accept premium payments through Dec. 31 for people who are seeking coverage that starts on Jan. 1.

    In a conference call with reporters, Health and Human Services secretary Kathleen Sebelius said insurers have the latitude to accept premiums even beyond Dec. 31, and that the administration was “strongly encouraging” them to retroactively cover consumers that submit late payments.

    It’s the latest in a string of unilateral delays the administration has implemented to buy time after the disastrous rollout of HealthCare.gov.

    In addition to the one-week extension for premium payments, the administration on Thursday formalized its announcement that consumers have until Dec. 23, instead of Dec. 15, to sign-up for healthcare coverage that goes into affect Jan. 1.

Where, exactly, do they get the authority for all these exemptions, waivers, and extensions?