New York is one of two states that pass on Medicaid expenses to cities and localities, so the city winds up having an enormous Medicaid expense...
Posted on 04/01/2011 1:01:41 PM PDT by paltz
Congressman Brian Higgins, New York Democrat, cannot see how a city like New York, without the rest of the state, could qualify for a health care waiver.
I don’t think its realistic you can get a healthcare waiver carve out for the city. That’s a precedent that would be very, very difficult at best,” he told me. “I think the possibility of a state-wide waiver, perhaps--but a city waiver? You think about, ‘What’s next?...Los Angeles, San Francisco, Kansas City?‘," said Congressman Higgins on fellow New York Democrat Anthony Weiner's claim that a health care waiver could work in New York City.
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They just keep making a stronger case for why this is unconstitutional.
FUBO & FAD
I wonder if Weiner is at the mosque with the misses today?
It does if you are a Democrat who wants to be reelected, before the sheeple realize what the costs are going to be....
Well, we Upstaters have it on very good authority that civilzation ends west of the Hudson. But Obamacare never made sense for anyone other than the gov’t. Hence the bloody waivers. Jeez.
Higgins is “my” Congressman (unfortunately) and has been an Obama kiss-@ss since day one.
He was a big rah-rah supporter of Obamacare a year ago as well. I’d like to say he’s learned his lesson, but that’s extremely unlikely.
How about a waiver for the entire country? That would make it fair.
They want the big liberal cities exempt and let the “fly over” tax payers pay for it.
Can a condo association qualify for a waiver?
Yes...
New York is one of two states that pass on Medicaid expenses to cities and localities, so the city winds up having an enormous Medicaid expense...
At this rate maybe our national poseur-in-chief will pass a national waiver ... nah, he is still too stupid to do the intelligent thing.
Waivers for unions that supported Obama, for companies that supported Obama, and now for entire large cities that supported Obama. ObamaCare must be exactly what real Americans said it was if the socialists are only imposing it on their enemies.
You get what you pay for.
If you want favors, give Obama more money, you cheapskate.
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