I would bet a lot of money that anyone visiting the president gets put through a ringer that would make it all but impossible to carry any device that could record the proceedings–even a shoe phone.

Pro: –Won’t get blamed because policies won’t be cancelled.
–CEOs may not find themselves suddenly audited/prosecuted; but really, can you count on that?

Con: –Will break the law; even if Obama doesn’t prosecute them, they can be sued by citizens. One assumes the courts will take the side of the Law.
–Delay will increase adverse selection; The ACA mandates they be reimbursed, but such an act will be WILDLY unpopular. Who trusts that this administration will follow the law when it becomes politically unpopular? You think Obama’s going to go to bat for the insurance industry?
–Reinstating policies may be impossible at this point; small chance of success.
–Reinstating policies will be costly; not only the normal costs of this action, but the added costs imposed by Obama that they send out additional information.
–Represents only a delay; all of this work will have to be repeated. If reinstatement takes a few months, will have to be repeated in 6-9 months. Playing Yo-yo with people’s healthcare is likely to be unpopular.
–Depends on state-level cooperation; even if insurers are willing, state government may no OK it. More uncertainty about success.
–Sunk cost fallacy; insurers are human, too. They’ve already invested time & money for the last three years in the new policies. At some level, they’ll be unwilling to throw away their work.
–Resentment of the administration; Obama has made clear he’ll throw them under the bus if it suits him. Insurers will earn no brownie points from this man, almost no matter what they do.

Have I forgotten anything?

Answer: a corrupt bargain has been struck or the insurance industry is afraid of something. They might be afraid that the federal gov’t take regulation of the industry from the states.

they didn’t… because it was given to them…
made like a zaporozhet or trabant…

This is a vindictive man.

“I have no idea why anyone ever trusted him in the first place.” neo

I’m not sure many actually trusted him, as he had never earned or demonstrated trustworthiness. But tens of millions heavily invested their illusions in him and that led them to completely bypass the trust issue. Perhaps that’s why there appears to be a cognitive disconnect among liberals. A kind of a, “Wait, he lied to us… what?”

Think about that: As a CEO, if you do this your company will be violating the law…then will be at the mercy of Obama not to prosecute you.

Even if Obama can be trusted (heh), who says you won’t be sued by other people?