Entire State of Maine Exempted from ObamaCare

Riddle me this, Batman: if this entire ObamaCare business is supposed to be so freaking awesome, then why are Sebelius and HHS giving out waivers hand over fist to a thousand and more companies and now to an entire state (with three more states applying for the same exemption)?  Could it be that people are figuring out that ObamaCare is a train wreck and an unaffordably expensive one?  Furthermore, the whole idea of exemptions and waivers granted at the apparent whim of Sebelius smells darn fishy to me.  So, what?  We're all supposed to be saddled with this stinker of a program ... except those folks who manage to get out of it?  How's that remotely fair or not corrupt?