Nancy Pelosi's now famous remark that "We won't know what's in this healthcare bill until it's been passed" is coming back to haunt her - 20% of the latest 203 Healthcare Waivers were for fancy restaurants, nightclubs, and hotels in Pelosi's Northern California district. It's not clear why these luxury establishments required waivers nor why they were granted.
The Obama Administration hasn't revealed its criteria for granting or denying waivers, but it's starting to look like favoritism with so many granted to Pelosi's constituents and 26% of them granted to Unions.
Another troubling aspect of the Healthcare law is that in 700 instances it gives discretion to the Department of Health and Human Services to make rules to implement the law. According to Mona Charen in the Washington Examiner, this is because the law is vague in many areas and requires interpretation to implement. Because of this, as Charen says, "We may never know what's in it".
Giving power to bureaucrats to interpret the complex Healthcare law gives them powers they shouldn't have and opens the door for (more) corruption and favoritism.
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