Posted on 03/26/2017 11:22:15 PM PDT by Oscar in Batangas
I am not well-versed about all the latitude granted to "The Secretary" in the 'Affordable Healthcare Act'. However, I think that he has authority to grant (and so I presume) un-grant waivers to the Act.
With that in mind, I would like to see Director Price decree that, effective May 1, 2017, all members and employees of, and consultants to the Legislative Branch of the Federal Government shall obtain heallthcare coverage under the Affordable Care Act. He may declare a one-time enrollment period of thirty (30) days for these citizens to acquire compliant coverage. Furthermore, he should specify that no Federal funds may be expended to purchase a citizen's compliant coverage beyond those already provided by the Act (the income-based subsidies presently identified).
Dr. Price may wish to make a similar waiver pronouncement effective July 1, 2017, for the various Executive and Judicial Branch departments which have been particularly troublesome to the President.
The rest of the Federal Government, to include any citizens covered in prior years, can be put on notice for a similar waiver statement effective September 1, 2017.
Members of the United States Military, including those on temporary assigments to the non-military parts of the Government, will be excepted from these pronouncements.
I hope people recognize what a gift has been handed to them.
Democrats and RINOs strive to steal that gift away.
FIGHT THEM. TO DEATH. NO COMPROMISE.
If not “TO DEATH” at least to the same degree of financial distress to which they have put their fellow citizens.
Their destruction is essential.
Liberty can not survive their impositions.
Excepting the military creates a "privileged class" — better to compensate their costs.
I didn’t consider myself to be a privileged class member when I served about 50 years ago! I’m all in favor of just leaving their healthcare be as it is. I never had much to complain about with the quality of care I received.
Besides, lots of good trauma docs got their chits punched in the field.
Not a privileged class at all. Just a part of the contract they willfully entered into. As every base has a military hospital, that would be the main source of medical care for members and their immediate families living with them. It can be dispensed much the same as off-base housing allowances since there is not enough base family housing as would medical care outside the availability at the base hospital.
As a life long military brat until I went in, we used the hospitals or dispensaries even though we lived in housing off base.
I’ve read there are over 1,300 waivers and exemptions to Obamacare including Congress, who schemed to declare themself a “small business” under the ACA and therefore exempt.
Dr. Price can and should cancel all of them effectively immediately.
Congress should be forced into 0bamaCrap, particularly the Dems that shoved it down our throats.
Agreed.
Those who fight to the death with no compromise die very bravely, and very quickly.... as demonstrated last week in DC.
DC 101
By he way, know no one here wants hear it, but the deadest House Member in DC right now is a member of the FC. You do not step on Superman’s Cape, and you do not go against the Whip.
Right now, the FC could not get a bill to proclaim “May is Peach Month” out of committee. Trump and Ryan will now move a tad-left to get bills passed with some small amount of Dem support, and the FC will be powerless for at least 3 to 6 months.
1 week ago they had some power. They said “my way or highway” and right now all they have in their hands is not power, but their puds.
I doubt he can legally do that. Executive Branch and Legislative Branch, separation of powers, all the rest.
DC 102
Whenever a RINO speaker of the house that has vowed to never cooperate with the duly elected President attempts to railroad through a secretly-concocted bill that is advertised as the new coming, but is in actuality, almost the same thing as the present failing policy, it should not get a yes vote.
Ryancare, like Obamacare, was destined to fail and would lead the way to the same ominous conclusion - government-controlled “single-payer” health care. That is the wrong direction, and the people know it and those that were destined to vote against this mess knew it.
Bitching about the Freedom Caucus is fine with me, but they just saved the Republican party from gaining ownership of the plan to destroy our health care system (or what’s left of it).
How about we go back to the 2015 plan for starters. Then have a full discussion of it, in the view of the public.
The ACA language put broad waiver-granting authority into the hands of “The Secretary”. Furthermore, the law applies to all citizens, whether in or out of government, and regardless of the branch of government a citizen may be in.
If congress members feel threatened by the consequences of their legislation (i.e.: their waivers are rescinded) I’m pretty sure that meaningful action will take place LONG before “Mayday” gets here for them!
They still have the power to block whatever Trump wants. Moving "a tad-left" will unify them and result in other more conservative Congressmen to go with them. There aren't enough Democrats who will support Trump on things like tax cuts, spending cuts, or Obamacare repeal.
My way or the highway is Paul Ryan.
Bottom line they all screwed up, and we took it in the shorts.
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