Posted on 12/19/2013 6:44:10 PM PST by SoFloFreeper
The Obama administration Thursday night significantly relaxed the rules of the health-care law for millions of consumers whose individual insurance policies have been canceled, saying they could buy bare-bones health plans or entirely avoid the requirement that most Americans have health insurance.
The surprise announcement, four days before the Dec. 23 deadline for people to choose coverage that begins on Jan. 1, triggered an immediate backlash from the health insurance industry and raised new fairness questions about a law intended to promote affordable and comprehensive coverage.
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Impeach this Imperial Clown!
Heh.....now, now. Mustn't make fun of those two innocent children. It's not their fault their daddy is the biggest f***up in U.S. history.
In 1961 Ronald Reagan gave a speech warning us about socialized medicine. He quoted Norman Thomas (a candidate for the Socialist Party 1927) “The American people would never vote for socialism, but under the name Liberalism the people will adopt every fragment of the Socialism program.
If the Republicans had a single stone between them, they'd force Obama to execute the law of the land as written, and not allow him to legislate from the Oval Office like he's doing.
If they were truly interested in becoming the dominant party, and forwarding the ideals held in common by those who sent them to Congress, that's what they'd do. They'd make Obama and the Dems own every bit of the excruciating pain of Obamacare, and never offer to lift a finger to help them stop it.
But no. Not only are they letting Obama get away with ruling by imperial diktat, they're probably going to help him relieve the pain in some way or another, and forestall the inevitable destruction of the DemoSocialist party.
bears repeating! the way to win this game is to not play
The way to win this game is for everyone to quit writing checks to the IRS and refuse to file a tax return.
Starve the bastards out of existence. Let them ESAD!
If I were Ted Cruz, I would announce today that I was running for President in 2016. I would say that my main platform would be that I would use the new executive powers created by Obama to delay ALL of Obamacare for 100 years and give exemptions to EVERY US resident.
Looks like the Democrats in the Executive are giving the more self-sufficient voters (those not so linked with medical-insurance government and buying cheaper insurance) the hookup and tossing the medical-insurance racket under their bandwagon. Republicans should top that by slashing the costs of the medical racket.
Sorry, reflex action post.
“Let the lawsuits begin”
Unfortunately the people who this will really affect, i.e. the middle class, can’t afford to file lawsuits.
You know one that I learned in living overseas is that passing laws is one thing, enforcing them or gaining obedience to them is quite another.
I think that the biggest achilles heel that conservatives have is their reflexive obedience to any edict.
It seems to me that if someone (covered and cancelled) really tries to go through the ObamaCare online process and is unable to secure insurance directly - they just may have a case against the government. Even those that are several steps up from clueless can easily be caught in a no insurance mess come January 1st.
Rule by Decree ping, thanks SoFloFreeper.
As Ernie Banks used to say, "Let's play two."
Only problem may be that Joe is too stupid to have been involved in 99% of graft and corruption perpetrated by BHO.
Except an insurance company who goes along with this can be sued for breaking the law.
I would like to think the Big Tent Republicans were coming to the rescue like the Cavalry in an old western movie
Unfortunately I am afraid the Right Wing of the socialist Oligarchy is merely green with envy
pretty sad that the Red White and Blue has melted into a shade of pinkish purple, sort o like the color of obamas lipstik
The key reason for this move to surface on PM Friday (12/20) is that it falls into the black-hole of politics - that is the ‘tent flap of obscurity’ used for news releases with political or real-life impact on Friday afternoons and before major holidays. Oh, How skilled they are.... brilliant (lied =>> died, etc.)
More fiat law-making by the executive branch.
Amazing.
This was done, by the way, AFTER the budget passed—the budget funding the lawless actions of the Clown.
got fascism?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
You hit that nail right on its head.
Obama and hsi minions are indeed fascists by every known test of history.But the GOP has not awakened to that yet, Ted Cruz and Mike Lee HAVE.
This is a good read on the topic:
http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html
What we are witnessing is the destruction of the private Health Insurance Industry, and the consequent defacto nationalization of our health care system.
Say hello to death p[anels and health care patronage. Your wife has terminal cancer? Call your leftist Congressman for his intervention with the death panel to obtain extended life health care. If you are white, or a conservative, guess what....wifey dies. Thats what this means.
And what of hubby? Some of his ilk will take up the gun and go downtown ballistic. Thats why every federal agency is “ammo’d up.”
Fascism is here. NOW.
And NOBODY is fighting them for what they are.
Can anyone keep track of all the changes made to the law via press conference?
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