[Protect the Bill of Rights]

Last night the dems repeated ad nauseum the bill was passed, signed and upheld by SCOTUS. The GOP missed a golden opportunity to remind everyone that SCOTUS did not uphold a mandate based on the Commerce Clause, but the penalties as a tax.

Obama has said the exchanges will open on the 1st regardless. Let them open.

The House should reply by saying let them open. Let anyone who so desires sign up. But there is no compromise on the mandate because the “tax” (penalty) did not originate in the house and we have no plans to originate a new tax.

Further, they should vote on a new bill which prohibits companies from dropping employees from healthcare plans to “force” them into the exchanges.

The GOP needs to up the ante.

[Recovering Ex-hippie]

Agree with all your points.

[Stayingawayfromthedarkside]

I just got something in the mail about those exchanges. My employer does not offer me health coverage. I work for a temporary agency and they have me working for the same company for 11 months now. I am going to check all of my options and try to avoid buying health insurance. I am single with no kids. I really do not think that I need health insurance at this time. I was telling my mother(she is one of us)that maybe I will buy some health insurance before doing my taxes and once I get my refund cancel it. LOL!!!!! I must be an anarchist.

[butterdezillion]

Good point. If Obamacare is a tax it is a revenue bill and should have had to originate in the House, right?