Posted on 01/02/2015 1:10:19 PM PST by ObamahatesPACoal
Lobbing a parting shot in Gov. Jan Brewer’s direction as she leaves office, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that state lawmakers have legal standing to challenge the hospital bed tax that is being used to fund a Medicaid eligibility expansion. Read the Supreme Court’s 14-page Opinion here. All of the three dozen legislators are named on page one.
At stake in the lawsuit is a critical voter-enacted state constitutional protection that requires two-thirds of the legislature to approve tax or fee increases. Arizona’s Medicaid expansion was funded by a new provider tax on hospitals, and it was not approved by the required super-majority of the legislature.
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Aug. 22, 2013: Are you with OBrewerCare or an extreme fringe group?
July 20, 2013: Obama’s “Affordable Care Act” exposed as costly charade
June 11, 2013: Petulant Brewer holds legislators hostage
June 1, 2013: National Review explains “Brewer’s Tantrum”
May 17, 2013: AZ Senate RINOs cave on OBrewerCare expansion
Apr: 12, 2013: GOP lawmakers tank supporting OBrewerCare
Apr. 9, 2013: New poll: Brewer’s AZ Medicaid expansion on shaky ground
Jan. 21, 2013: Nat’l Review slams Brewer’s ObamaCare $urrender
Why did the Republicans in the House fund Obamacare 3 times ?
FYI - for SCOTUS ping.
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