Health insurance companies are crying foul over new measures President Obama announced Thursday as a political tweak to his fast-disintegrating Affordable Care Act, making the fix potentially worse than the problem.
But Republicans are set to up the ante even further with a vote Friday that could push insurers to honor or reissue policies ripe for cancellation under Obamacare for the long haul, instead of merely giving them the option for one year.
The White House said Thursday that the president would veto the bill, but it's unclear whether he will have the political will to do so when the time comes.
The president declared that insurance companies could allow Americans to keep their health insurance plans without paying for costly upgrades that satisfy the Obamacare law's stringent requirements.
Meanwhile, state insurance commissioners joined a conference call to carp about what it will mean for their industry, and whether Obama's latest pivot will make things even worse.
'This whole thing – it's a mess,' an insurance company official told MailOnline, speaking on background. 'With six weeks left before New Year's, I don't know how the White House expects us to fix what's already happened.'
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