Posted on 02/07/2015 5:18:01 PM PST by Ray76
Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Burwell is the lead defendant in King v. Burwell, in which the plaintiffs claim the Obama administration is taxing millions of employers and individuals and subsidizing millions of HealthCare.gov enrollees contrary to the plain language of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (a.k.a., ObamaCare). The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case on March 4, and will likely rule by late June. If the Court rules against Burwell, 57 million individuals and employers will be freed from those illegal taxes and maybe 4 million HealthCare.gov enrollees will lose subsidies that the administration never had the authority to issue in the first place. Those 4 million people could see their insurance bills quadruple, face an unexpected tax liability of up to $5,000, and lose their health insurance.
Today, Burwell appeared before the Senate Finance Committee.
Burwell refused to answer because any answer would be politically costly. Answering yes would lend credence to the King plaintiffs’ case. [] Answering no could increase the likelihood that the administration loses King, because it would signal to the Supreme Court that HHS doesn’t think a ruling for the plaintiffs would be all that big a deal. So Burwell chose the least politically costly option: stonewalling.
Stonewalling is also the most irresponsible option. Burwell is literally refusing to inform consumers about the risks of HealthCare.gov coverage, and how HHS would respond if those risks materialize.
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As if the judges would rule against Obamacare in any way. They are not going to subject themselves to the endless “judges orders killing of children, elderly, minorities, women, and the poor by ruling against Obamacare.” It ain’t gonna happen.
I sure hope the FBI, and NSA will be monitoring communications both official and not so official with the members of the USSC and team Obama. I think we all know what is about to go down.
Obamacare is an existential threat to America.
Boy are you a buzz kill
The “law” was written to force a total collapse to our previous healthcare delivery system.
The goal is not now, nor was it ever, meant to resolve any supposed problems with medical care.
It is a tool to force socialist style single payer, and 100% federal government control over the entire population of the USA, from cradle to grave.
We live in interesting times.....
John Roberts to Obama’s rescue, again? If the Court rules in accordance with the clear writing of the law, will that make it an “activist” court again? Remember, it was Roberts who saved the ACA by deeming the fine a tax, despite the dems claiming for years it was NOT a tax. They can make it up as they go, unfortunately.
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