Posted on 03/17/2015 12:09:03 PM PDT by C19fan
IT is time to talk about President Obama’s contingency plan for health care. The Supreme Court heard oral arguments earlier this month in King v. Burwell, a case challenging the provision of tax credits on federal insurance exchanges. While the legal issues are dry lawyers’ fare — how to interpret several interconnected phrases of the Affordable Care Act — the practical stakes are high. The government estimates that millions of Americans will be left without affordable health insurance if it loses.
While the administration may well prevail, it has expressed remarkable pessimism about its options if it does lose. The secretary of health and human services, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, wrote to Congress last month about the administration’s lack of a contingency plan: “We know of no administrative actions that could, and therefore we have no plans that would, undo the massive damage to our health care system that would be caused by an adverse decision.”
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A corollary question would then become: could the states tell the feds to take a flying leap? The answer is “yes”, when the feds operate outside the law.
We've heard that BS before. The president told us 40 times he couldn't take executive actions to "amnestisize" millions of illegals. Then he went and did it. In this scenario, I fully expect Obama to simply ignore the court ruling. Who is going to stop them?
Of course he can. He is “the One”. (sarcasm)
if this ever happens I pray to God the state of Arizona follows suit and starts enforcing SB 1040....
Hasn’t Obama already shown that he is willing to press forward with orders that even HE says are unconstitutional?
So this legal genius actually thinks that SCOTUS rulings work this way?
Just scare mongering from the Democrat house organ. It helps the Democrats raise money by scaring their far left wing base.
The Supreme Court will affirm Obamacare by either a 5/4 or 6/3 vote. The only question is whether Kennedy will join with Roberts.
Ping.
The SC has ruled that Congress has no limits when it comes to affecting “interstate commerce” to the point that the government can now force you to buy something whether you want it or not.
Didn’t the SC say that it is not their job to rescue the people from their bad political decisions?
Well, this appears to be a similar situation. It was a political decision not to compensate states that do not set up an exchange. This was purposely and openly done for political reasons. Now the democrats are asking the SC to pull their chestnuts out of the fire because their political scheming blew ul in their face.
Hey Libs, you can’t have it both ways.
” Hasn’t Obama already shown that he is willing to press forward with orders that even HE says are unconstitutional?”
Obama said this in public some 20 times.
Nobody is stopping him, so expect the worst.
Boehner and McConnell would never tolerate that.
Millions were left out of health insurance when it was ripped from them when Obamacare began; which was just a year ago! Now most have more expensive health insurance with less health care availability!
You are an IDIOT William Baude.
(The government estimates that millions of Americans will be left without affordable health insurance if it loses.)
Can we dispose once and for all of the crock that the insurance that some people have is affordable? A low-income friend of mine who is single was quoted an insurance that has a $15K deductible!!! So essentially, he has a catastrophic insurance only, you know, the one that was supposedly not good enough to remain legal under Obamacare!!!
This man will, he has balls of steel, or is that Steele?
April 08, 2014, Boehner warns Obama on executive orders By Rebecca Shabad
Drunkin Boner to Obama: “ Heed my advice, or I will drink all of your 30yr old, single malt !
I understand what he is saying. And it does make sense. Never really thought about it before. The Court judgement would only affect those suing, but could/would be used as precedent for any further cases.
Which, too me, should actually help the Court come to the correct decision. Which is to deny the subsidies. Heck, it only applies to these 4 people......
Maybe he will say this .....::
Follow the constitution and the law or mark my words I will bring the wrath of hell down on you:
Defunding, impeachments , any tools at my disposal , nothings off the table.... and don't expect ANY confirmations till I am satisfied and you reverse all your illegal orders..
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