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I was under the impression the Democrats had the funding for ACA written into the law at the time they passed it. They apparently anticipated the potential of a movement to stop the funding, and thus it was funded in an unusual, perhaps sleight-of-hand legislative move at the time it was passed.

I’m going by memory here, and would appreciate correction, or clarification by any FReeper(s) if I’m in error.

Yeah, that's the basic idea, but every new Congress is not bound by the lechery and stupidity of the previous Congress, so a funding mechanism set up in year X is just another source of revenue for the General Accounts in year y or z.The Obamaistas imagined they could deal the deck so the Republicans would never get a chance to vote on funding, but that entailed building an elaborate scaffolding of FEES and PENALTIES.

The money would come into HHS on one side and they could allocate it to health insurance premiums on the other side!

Then Roberts got a ruling past the Supreme Court that said the whole thing was a tax.

In doing that Roberts forced all the supplemental FEES and PENALTIES to be considred as TAXES and all TAXES go to the general fund ~ leaving nothing for HHS to pass around.

Even now HHS is running out of funds to pay for their state and/or federal insurance exchanges!

Once Boehner (or his successor) stands firm against continuing resolutions (that continue paying prior obligations without debate of the utility of those obligations) the entire ObamaKKKare infrastructure will GO BROKE!

For many of us ~ particularly those of us who understand what a real threat it is to your health care to have Congress standing between you and the doctors ~ the health and wellbeing of every American is in danger when Congress ~ whether run by Republicans or Democrats ~ is in a position to cut off your health care simply by engaging in a legislative funding battle. That 15 minute wait to get taken to a cardiac unit could turn into a 15 month wait, and the whole thing becomes a Death Panel.