Despite federal judge’s ruling, Obamacare exchanges are open for business, CMS official says

Fox News ^ | Dec 15, 2018 | Edmund DeMarche

[conservative98]

Only Trump has to immediately follow judges’ orders. Anyone else can basically do what they want

[pepsionice]

All this sets up is a Supreme Court hearing and their agreement....then you have the Nancy Pelosi ‘period’ to fix the issue. Considering the make-up of the Senate and President Trump...I’d say no repair will occur in 2019, and the health insurance apparatus will dissolve at the end of 2019. The entire primary season of 2020? All revolving around the ‘fix’ or resolution.

[Mr. K]

Trump should close it down and shutter every department tomorrow

[Doofer]

The rule of law only applies to the little people.

[novemberslady]

yes they are ignoring the ruling
They are still sending endless enrollment emails saying that my time almost up.

As a tax payer who is forced to keep paying for non elected dictators I've had enough.
Delete these people

[conservative98]

Why doesn’t the spokesperson from CMS have a name? Lock him up!

[Cobra64]

Yup. People need to be arrested.

[novemberslady]

see here the big liars:

Important: You have less than 24 hours left to enroll in a 2019 plan. Visit HealthCare.gov to create an account, review your coverage options and pick a plan.
Many areas of the country are seeing more plan choices and lower premiums this year compared to last.
Create an account on HealthCare.gov to review your options.

DON’T FORGET: You have less than 24 hours left to enroll in 2019 coverage.
The HealthCare.gov Team

This message is paid for by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It was created and distributed by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.

[Sicon]

I am finding it difficult to understand the reasoning. How does eliminating the “tax” (penalty) make Obozocare itself unconstitutional?

Don’t get me wrong, I think the whole concept of Obozocare is unconstitutional because it forces people to buy something whether they want to or not, but I don’t understand how eliminating the tax makes it unconstitutional. Unsustainable? Sure.

I’m no legal or constitutional scholar, so I’m afraid I just don’t get it.

[DoodleDawg]

Because it’s going to be appealed.

[Chickensoup]

really>

why is it that when Trump’s administration makes a ruling the courts stop it and they comply with the courts.

But when the conservative courts make a ruling, the leftists ignore it.

[alloysteel]

The exchanges may still exist, but they shall no longer have access to the original sources of funding for those applications that depend on subsidies for the applicant who falls into the class defined as eligible for assistance..

Otherwise, people now have the option to decline to carry coverage at all, without penalty from IRS, or they can still buy the “insurance” with its enormous deductibles and the right to carry a card, which they find is virtually useless in covering a good many of the ills with which they may find themselves afflicted, ending up paying out-of-pocket until they have spent themselves into penury.

That is a much more fiscally sound policy for just about everybody but the victim, er, Obamacare client.

[trebb]

So, they supposed to dissolve all the insurance contracts at the snap of fingers? What would be the fallout if millions went to bed with insurance and woke up without it?

We're supposed to be the side that thinks with our brains and not our emotions....

[Mouton]

I keep getting calls in Spanish about enrolling in the program. I respond, after pushing number 1 on my phone, with Comprende GFY.

[ameribbean expat]

Selling a health insurance policy that does not exist? Sounds like insurance fraud to me. Do it twice and it’s a pattern of illegal conduct under Florida’s RICO statute.

[Noamie]

Only Trump has to immediately follow judges’ orders. Anyone else can basically do what they want
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This. I hope next time Trump says, its working its way through the courts...

[BlackbirdSST]

Because it’s going to be appealed.

Who will push the appeal?