Chertoff told ABC's This Week, the flexibility of British law helped the investigation into this alleged plot.

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You and other Republican governors could take note of existing flexibility already built into the law, continue pressing for more guidance and details about other aspects of implementation, and then try to strike a deal with the White House to achieve additional waivers in exchange for your agreement to set up and administer state insurance exchanges.

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"I believe we've struck a balance between the values of predictability, consistency and flexibility, " said Peter Kiernan, chairman of the Law Revision Commission.

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As part of a possible agreement, you could ensure that the law contains necessary flexibility in the timing of implementation and the actual design of insurance exchanges, including clarity about what a federal-state partnership means.

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It would convert Medicaid into a block-grant system, in a fashion similar to that of the spectacularly successful 1996 welfare reform law, giving states the flexibility to fashion programs that fit the needs of their residents.

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And this recognition that states need flexibility to tailor their approach to their unique needs is why part of the law says that, beginning in 2017, if you can come up with a better system for your state to provide coverage of the same quality and affordability as the Affordable Care Act, you can take that route instead.

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Moreover, one of the law's unintended consequences is that big firms have managed to extract greater flexibility from the unions in return for a shorter working week.

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