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Obamacare Waiver-mania! continues: List tops 222

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img classalignright srchttpmichellemalkin.cachefly.netmichellemalkin.comwpwpcontentuploads201011ZZ7C88C9A2.jpg alt width220 height230 Over the past two months, weve been tracking the burgeoning list of unions, companies, and insurers who have used an HHS escape hatch to avoid the costly, destructive consequences of Obamacare for their members and employees see a hrefhttpmichellemalkin.com20101006obamacarewaiverstorquemadasebeliussparesmcdonaldsunionsherea, a hrefhttpmichellemalkin.com20101114waivermaniatheeverexpandingobamacareescapeelistherea, a hrefhttpmichellemalkin.com20101117dudewheresmyobamacarewaiverherea, and a hrefhttpmichellemalkin.com20101119thewaivermaniamovementbuildsherea. The list keeps growing. Jamie Dupree has the latest update on what Ive been calling Waivermania! More unions and companies that employ lowwage workers have gotten their pass now. The official Obamacare refugee list a hrefhttpis.gdiiw3uherea is now at 222.Interestingly, Dupree encountered the same reluctance to speak openly about the waiver process that I experienced when I a hrefhttpmichellemalkin.com20101117dudewheresmyobamacarewaiverdialed up dozens of waiver winners.aa hrefhttpblogs.ajc.comjamiedupreewashingtoninsider20101207morehealthwaiversDetailsablockquoteThe Obama Administration has quietly granted even more waivers to the new federal health reform law, doubling the number in just the last three weeks to a new total of 222.One of the more recognizable business names included on the newlyexpanded list of waivers issued by the feds is that of Waffle House, which received a waiver on November 23 for health coverage that covers 3,947 enrollees.Another familiar name was that of Universal Orlando, which runs a variety of very popular resorts in the Orlando, Florida area. Universal was given a waiver for plans that cover 668 workersAnd there are more unions who have received waivers in this latest batch, like the Bricklayers Local 1 of MD, VA and DC, the United Food and Commercial Workers Union in Mount Laurel, New Jersey, the Indiana Teamsters Health Benefits Fund, Service Employees International Union Local 1 Cleveland Welfare Fund, and more are listed.The waivers are also going to a number of average sounding companies like Telesis Management Corporation, TransSystem Inc., Varsity Contractors Inc. and Moores Retread amp Tire of the ArkLaTex, Inc.blockquoteAnd the question remains a hrefhttpmichellemalkin.com20101117dudewheresmyobamacarewaiverDude, wheres emourem waiversaRelated excellent read ICYMI from the inestimable Richard Epstein on a hrefhttpblogs.forbes.comrichardepstein20101123governmentbywaiverthebreakdownofpublicadministrationboxesopinionschannellatestGovernment by Waiver and the breakdown of public administration.a