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ObamaCare is an even bigger mess now than ever.
NY Post ^ | 6/3/2012 | Michael Tanner

Posted on 07/03/2012 4:52:46 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote

If the new health care law wasn’t enough of a mess before last week’s Supreme Court decision, that ruling actually added another layer of cost, complexity and political contentiousness to the bill.

By striking down part of the law that required states to expand their Medicaid programs, the court tossed a very hot potato into the laps of state lawmakers everywhere.

ObamaCare required states to increase eligibility for Medicaid to 133 percent of the poverty line, or roughly $30,000 per year for a family of four. The expansion would also make childless single men (a notoriously high-cost group) eligible for Medicaid for the first time. In all, about 40 percent of all the people projected to gain coverage under ObamaCare would do so via Medicaid.

AP

President Barack Obama

But this imposed real costs on states. For example, the Medicaid expansion would cost New Jersey taxpayers roughly $35 billion over 10 years, and New Yorkers as much as $52 billion.

Not surprisingly, many states balked — and now the high court has agreed: Congress can’t strip all Medicaid funds from states that refuse the expansion, as the ObamaCare law threatened.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fubr; hillarycare; illegalaliencare; nothealthcare; obamacare; romneycare; romneycare4ever; romneycare4u
FUBO!!!!!!!
1 posted on 07/03/2012 4:52:56 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote
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To: GlockThe Vote

The point of the Chief Justice’s decision was to allow or perhaps force the legislators to revisit the disaster of a law and either revise it to acceptability by voters or toss it and start all over again.

It was not his job nor his duty to do either. It is the duty of the voters, the people, to provide a congress up to the task and willing to do the job. In the meantime, there is limbo..... Limbo is not really all that bad.


2 posted on 07/03/2012 4:58:49 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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To: GlockThe Vote

It must have been too big a stretch, even for Roberts, to interpret the state mandate as a tax.


3 posted on 07/03/2012 5:02:27 AM PDT by Daveinyork
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To: bert

This medicade issue is going to collapse the states.

FUBO ! ! ! !

FUBO !!!!!!!


4 posted on 07/03/2012 5:16:49 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: GlockThe Vote
Here's the democrat mess:

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5 posted on 07/03/2012 5:26:01 AM PDT by MulberryDraw (That which cannot be paid, won't be paid.)
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To: GlockThe Vote
Medicaid expansion would cost ... New Yorkers as much as $52 billion.
NY, land of the free ... loaders.
6 posted on 07/03/2012 5:26:29 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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To: GlockThe Vote

The Red/Blue Cold War is just starting, the Reds (the good guys) are opting out of Obamataxcare.

The Blues have yet to launch any salvo, rumors are circulating they are instead building their version of Berlin type of walls to keep the workers from fleeing to the Red states and freedom.


7 posted on 07/03/2012 5:34:41 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (Is your state Obamacare free yet?)
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To: Eye of Unk

I don’t know if you coined the word “Obamataxcare” but I hope it sticks. This sums the whole mess up nicely.


8 posted on 07/03/2012 5:39:06 AM PDT by Harley
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To: Harley

To be honest I think I was the original poster using that wordage, really.

I started that this weekend, and soon after it caught on, but my ego needs no credit if I was the originator, instead I wish it to be free and to be used by any or all.


9 posted on 07/03/2012 5:42:20 AM PDT by Eye of Unk (Is your state Obamacare free yet?)
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To: GlockThe Vote

This column is the clearest and comprehensive summary I have read so far. Thanks.

If true, the States still have ways to flip off Hussein and our rat oppressors.


10 posted on 07/03/2012 5:42:25 AM PDT by Jacquerie (A republic no more.)
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To: Jacquerie

ThugCare is going to destroy this nation.


11 posted on 07/03/2012 6:03:43 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: bert
If you want to reduce the unemployment in this country, you could mandate that everyone over the age of 18 MUST rent a motel room one day a week.

Since there is not enough motels rooms in this country to accommodate everyone there would be a massive building boom in motels to accommodate everyone, thus reducing the unemployment rate.

Since you wouldn't have to stay in the motel, just rent the room, there would be a huge number of empty motels.

Continue with these type of mandates to force spending, you could end up with entire cities being built that are virtually vacant.

Just like the vacant cities in China.

Just a thought, but is it possible this is the idea behind the govt and it's forced purchased of goods and services?

12 posted on 07/03/2012 6:13:17 AM PDT by IMR 4350
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To: GlockThe Vote

Bump


13 posted on 07/03/2012 6:55:54 AM PDT by lowbridge (Joe Biden: "Look, the Taliban per se is not our enemy.")
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To: GlockThe Vote
ThugCare is going to destroy this nation.

One thing that has to be done is make the average voter aware the gaggle of new IRS AGENTS ( gestapo in training ) being hired

I am sure they will be thrilled to death with that

If the GOP or more preferably the PACS ,since I doubt the GOP has enough brains to do it, would take out ads on TV and the news papers showing this to be the case it would have cause a huge backlash
14 posted on 07/03/2012 8:00:07 AM PDT by uncbob (ent)
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To: uncbob

I just keep telling my facebook idiots

16,000 new IRS Agents
) new doctors

ANY QUESTIONS?


15 posted on 07/03/2012 8:04:47 AM PDT by GlockThe Vote (The Obama Adminstration: 2nd wave of attacks on America after 9/11)
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To: GlockThe Vote

.......medicade ......

Good one.

However in this case, it seems most are not consuming the sweet purple colored concoction, especially the 26 governors of states that now have a court ruling for not going along.


16 posted on 07/03/2012 8:24:30 AM PDT by bert ((K.E. N.P. N.C. +12 ..... Present failure and impending death yield irrational action))
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