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Anyone can apply for a waiver, but not everyone is in the right 'crony' group that allows them to get one.
Presumably you're talking about the annual limit waivers. Yet 94% of those waiver applications have been approved.
It will almost certainly be up the Supreme Court to give states the ability to opt out because the Annointed One has thus far not seen fit to allow that and he is ignoring a court order to do so.
Opt out of what? States aren't actually required to operate their own exchanges (see "SEC. 1321. STATE FLEXIBILITY IN OPERATION AND ENFORCEMENT OF EXCHANGES AND RELATED REQUIREMENTS") and, as Vinson recognized in his ruling, the Medicaid expansion is optional because Medicaid itself is a voluntary program that states choose to participate in. And if states want out of something like the individual mandate (which, of course, is levied on individuals and not the state itself), they can pursue the waivers for state innovation contained in the law, if they're able to meet the requirements.
If, on the other hand, you're talking about something akin to nullification--that dog won't hunt, Monsignor.
I think it's become abundantly clear, they don't know what they're talking about. It's difficult when you base your entire opinion on a single word "waiver" and don't actually bother to research what that word actually means in this case. That's way too much effort for people who already KNOW all they need to know.