Posted on 03/30/2012 10:51:39 AM PDT by matt04
If the Supreme Court rules the federal health care bill's mandate unconstitutional, the Malloy administration may try to implement it in the state.
The Affordable Care Act will require most Americans, beginning in 2014, to obtain health insurance coverage or be subject to a fine.
But after three days of Supreme Court arguments on the Affordable Care Act this week, governors like Dannel Malloy are considering what they will do if the high court declares the individual mandate -- or the entire act -- unconstitutional.
Jeannette DeJesús, the governor's special adviser on health reform, said Thursday that Connecticut may implement its own requirement that residents buy health insurance.
"All options are on the table and (the mandate) would be one of the options on the table," DeJesús said.
(Malloy on Friday said he had no immediate plans to explore a state mandate, and he was unsure if the state constitution would allow one, should the U.S. Supreme Court strike down the federal statute.
"Everything's on the table," he said. "But if you're asking whether I'm proposing a state mandate, I am not proposing a mandate at this time and I'm not sure that we would ever do it.")
Connecticut is ahead of many states in implementing the Affordable Care Act, moving forward quickly on a requirement for a health insurance exchange that would help people buy affordable policies. The state is also counting on millions of dollars the act will provide the state to expand coverage to the uninsured.
DeJesús said she's confident the Supreme Court will find the health care act constitutional.
But she said the end of the Affordable Care Act's mandate, "would be a serious blow" to Connecticut's reform efforts.
"They would be much more incremental," she said. "But (the ACA) provided a road map."
(Excerpt) Read more at ctmirror.org ...
Well, the 10th amendment will allow that. Let’s see how the people of Connecticut will respond.
Malloy has a big budget gap looming despite imposing a 2 billion tax increase.
I’m leaving Ct within 2 years.
I have no problem if the people of Connecticut want to import Romneycare to Connecticut. I don’t live there so I do not care. The blue states want Dem governors and legislatures and they are free to have all the mandates they want. Just don’t force it on the voters of the red states by federalizing their foolishness.
I hope this idea spreads to every liberal state!
I think that would be constitutional - hey go for it.
Each state is free to adopt a similar plan if they like. This will then create a series of “laboratories” in which each type of plan can be tested and compared with other types of plans. Ultimately, tha best type of plan or plans will prove out.
Please do!!!
If CT wants to be like MA, that’s just one more place the rest of us can ship our freeloaders to.
Connecticut cannot afford to fund a program like that.
The cost would be so prohibitive that the tax load would chase business and property owners out of the state.
On the other hand the parasites would be pouring in here sucking the life out of those taxpayers remaining.
Lived here most of my life and cant wait to get out in the next 18 months or so. Malloy is a big talker, but not a do-er.
He's said in other cases that if a state wants to be a test laboratory for such things, they probably have a Constitutional right to do it. I can't remember if he invoked the 10th Amendment, but I believe that the case was either 'Raich vs. Gonzales' or 'US vs. Stewart' (the most recent 'US vs. Stewart'-named case) where he wrote the 'test laboratory' phrase in a dissenting opinion.
Taxpayers flee until its Greenwich and a million illegals working the property there.
I agree with Thomas. Constitutionally, states have great latitude. We have our knowledge about how well school vouchers are received by the testimony of Wisconsin...and D.C. (though it isn’t a state).
I agree with Thomas. Constitutionally, states have great latitude. We have our knowledge about how well school vouchers are received by the testimony of Wisconsin...and D.C. (though it isn’t a state).
Well, if it is ruled unconstitutional then I am afraid this a**hat won’t be able to legally implement the mandate, even on a state level.
He’s more than welcome to do WHATEVER he wants to his voters. There’s a reason that I took my 6-digit plus salary from California to Texas and would NEVER take it to the Northeast.
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