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October 8, 2010

Admin Exempts Companies from Healthcare Provision
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The Obama administration, meanwhile, has granted waivers to over thirty
corporations exempting them from a key provision of the new healthcare
law. Companies including the fast food giants Mc Donald’s and Jack in
the Box, as well as the health insurer CIGNA, had warned they’d be
unable to meet a new requirement banning annual caps on benefits. The
administration says it’s issued the waivers to protect workers’ minimal
coverage until the law takes full effect in 2014. But critics say the
administration shouldn’t be intervening to protect the so-called
"mini-med" plans because they don’t cover even basic emergencies.



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