It is a part of Obamacare - and unfunded later (as expected by the Federals). You take care of them now and we promise to provide you with lots of money now and much less later.
Just a normal promise of the bureaucrats in Washington.
Are you really for this? Do you really think that the States can afford this in future years?
I know the Fed will sucker punch the states with big money promise for the first year and retract the offer the second year.
I am hoping that the ruling prohibits punishing the states , allows ObamaCareTax to be stopped.
It will take far less than 50 years for a state to go belly up if they have to fund it. What some here don’t get is that this is not just about “principle” but about necessity. States HAVE to be able to balance their budgets (unlike the Fed. government that will just “print more money” or kick the can down the road because it’s all virtual money anyway). They have no choice but to “opt out” because they cannot afford this monstrous bill. It will send them to the poorhouse and destroy our healthcare at the same time. The die is cast. The choice has been made for them. They’re standing on the 10th amendment.