For the first time, President Obama has backed moving the new health care law’s waiver for state innovation from 2017 to 2014, when most parts of the affordable care act go into effect. From the New York Times: Senior administration officials said Mr. Obama would reveal to the National Governors Association in a speech on [...]

I’m very disappointed that Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) has decided to make an extremely disingenuous argument against the pending individual mandate lawsuit based on his waiver for state innovation provision. I’ve always been a big supporter of this provision, but what Wyden is saying is just dishonest. From Huffington Post: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) has [...]

The current Senate health care bill has a provision (Section 1332. Waiver for State Innovation (PDF)) that will allow states to opt out of the current reform structure if they can provide the same level of care for the same amount or cheaper with a different plan. Given how poorly designed the Senate bill is, [...]