[Perdogg]

No they have no legal authority to write laws - screw them!

[Hoodat]

The Obamacare bill grants them that authority. It allows the HHS Secretary to write her own rules. The pages of new regulations that have been issued by HHS now number in the tens of thousands.

If Sebilius deems that all insurers cover abortion, then voila, it becomes law. If Sebilius deems that the penalties for non-compliance be taken out of the first paycheck of the year, then so be it. The Act grants her that authority.