In other words....They wanted to shove this whole mess to the states and the Feds would simply collect the fines for people not signing up.
Is that the gist of it?
As a legal matter, I wonder how this can be introduced into the record since the case is on appeal and not at trial. There are severe limitations on adding to the record, especially when the material was in existence during the trial.
I’ve been without insurance since the beginning of the year. I always OWE taxes at the end of the year. They will have to change the law to ever get a penalty out of me.
But I don’t worry. To me, worrying about how this will effect me is like a german in 1944 worrying about how some German law is going to affect them in 1946, and this relates to my tag line.
We’ve jumped out of a plane without a chute, but I’m at least enjoying the ride down. Spectacular view!
It’s my understanding there were some very good reasons why states didn’t want to set up exchanges. Either way it’s a mess & any rules are subject to Obama’s interpretations anyway. None of the states should have set up exchanges IMHO.