Posted on 09/19/2013 4:27:57 AM PDT by iowamark
De-funding Obamacare is tough politically. It is not complicated, though, even though some want you to think that.
De-funding is a simple idea surrounded by political jargon and double-speak. If voters are convinced that the task is too complex, they might forgive politicians for not going all-out to de-fund it. De-funding in turn is still second-best to outright repeal.
So here is an “Idiot’s Guide to De-Funding Obamacare.”
The title isn’t intended to call anyone a dummy, but to stress that this is not rocket science. Anyone who understands how a checking account works can understand how to stop Obamacare by taking away its funding.
Basics of a checking account:
A checking account requires that you:
Set up the account at the bank (Get an account number; have checks printed; etc.) Deposit money in the account upfront and add more as needed Write checks not to exceed your available balance
Automatic deposits are common, such as for paychecks or Social Security benefits. Automatic debits are common to pay mortgages, rent, utility bills and so on.
It is less common to write post-dated checks. They cannot be deposited right away, but when the due date arrives, recipients don’t have to watch the mail for their checks.
But unless the money is in the bank, a post-dated check will bounce just like any other check.
If you follow this overview of checking accounts then, congratulations. You can understand how to de-fund Obamacare...
(Excerpt) Read more at communities.washingtontimes.com ...
This brings up an important fact I had forgotten=- Obamacare was written to pre-pay itself for the next 10 years
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SUMMATION The pols know the O/Care ship is listing---maybe ready to heave into the Potomac, maybe do a Costa Concordia.
THE BAD NEWS KEEPS COMING Reuters reports the US government on Wednesday scaled back its projections for Obamacare's impact in 2014, saying the law would generate slower healthcare spending growth and provide coverage to only half as many of America's uninsured as anticipated last year.
The biggest factor in the change stems from the U.S. Supreme Court verdict last year allowing each state to decide whether to expand the public Medicaid program for the poor under Obama's healthcare reform law. Republican leaders in nearly half of the nation's 50 states have rejected the expansion.
HHS now expects 11 million uninsured Americans to obtain coverage next year, down from about 22 million projected a year ago, according to the report, which appeared in the journal Health Affairs. (Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
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There's also lawsuits and state problems.
HERE'S HOW THEY'RE STOPPING OBAMACARE A West Virginia nonprofit has turned down a federal grant it received to help residents navigate new health insurance options under the Affordable Care Act after it received an inquiry from Attorney General Patrick Morrisey about how it would protect consumer information. Clarksburg-based West Virginia Parent Training Inc. did not respond to a letter it received from Morrisey directing it to answer 26 questions about the group's personnel and hiring practices, including employee background checks and employee monitoring programs, the Sunday Gazette-Mail (http://bit.ly/17M1QVe) reported. (Excerpt) Read more at sanluisobispo.com ...
YOUR TURN--Contact your state AG---ask him/her to issue a letter of inquiry to groups receiving federal "Navigator" grants. The inquiry should center on questions WRT how the group intends to protect consumer data.
In particular, the questionnaire should ask if the tax-funded "Navigator" program intends to transfer personal/ financial/medical data of the insured to the local/county/national Democrat Party, relevant Unions, banks, investment companies, drug companies, insurance companies. Trial Lawyers' associations and whether "Navigators" have sub rosa contracts with these, and other groups, plan to profit, to provide significant info to enrich databases for pecuniary purposes.
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PLANNED PARENTHOOD WILL HAVE ACCESS TO SS#, TAX, MEDICAL INFORMATION
Breitbart Big Government ^ | 8/23/2013 | William Bigelow / FR Posted by markomalley
EXCERPT Planned Parenthood is about to obtain access to your Social Security number, tax form, bank account, and medical records.
With the advent of ObamaCare, consumers buying health insurance through health care exchanges will be required to speak to “navigators.” “Navigators” are supposed to help consumers find the best coverage and ascertain whether they are eligible for a federal subsidy.
Any “navigator” will have access to the federal data hub, which holds information from the Department of Health and Human Services, the IRS, the Social Security Administration, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the Defense Department, the Office of Personnel Management, the Veterans Health Administration, and the Peace Corps.
Planned Parenthood received $655,000 from the Obama administration to hire navigators. In Iowa, Planned Parenthood of the Heartland received $214,427; in Montana, Intermountain Planned Parenthood, Inc. got $295,604; and in New Hampshire, Planned Parenthood of Northern New England raked in $145,161.
And there is not much scrutiny over who these “navigators” will be; HHS will not require background checks or fingerprinting, and a previous criminal conviction, even if it was for identity theft , will not trigger a rejection. To make matters worse, the administration has cut the new employees’ training from 30 hours to 20 and reduced screening.
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OKLAHOMA WINS FIRST OCARE BATTLE: Quoting AG Pruitt--- "Obamacare was meant to be so open-ended that it could mean anything. We are seeing thousands of pages of new rules being written, both by HHS and the IRS. The open-ended interpretation of Obamacare enables this.....if the law doesn't contain a particular provision, no problem. They just make it up as they go along."
"Such is the case that involves the OK lawsuit."
“The court rejected the federal government’s argument that Oklahoma lacked standing to challenge the law, allowing us to proceed with this pivotal case,” “We’re optimistic the court will recognize what states have known for months that the IRS disregarded the law by making the large employer mandate effective in Oklahoma or in any of the 33 other states without a state health care exchange.”
REFERENCE Oklahoma challenged implementation of the Affordable Care Act after the IRS finalized a rule that would allow the federal government to punish “large employers,” including local government, with millions of dollars in tax penalties in states without state health care exchanges, which is not allowed under the health care law.
“Congress provided a choice for Oklahoma and other states in implementation of the health care law, and the IRS is attempting to take that away by rule,” General Pruitt said. “The administration miscalculated how many states would support this law, so now they’re using the IRS to push through provisions that Congress did not pass.”
PROTECT YOURSELF---Obamacare is easy pickins for identity thieves.
Steps to take to minimize risk of identity theft:
1. Contact the IRS Identity Protection Specialized Unit at 1-800-908-4490
2. Order a tax account transcript from the IRS that verifies basic personal data along with details of your tax return filed, which may come in handy if you are checking to see whether someone else filed a fraudulent return on your behalf
The Federal Trade Commission (link at website) also lists several steps you must take if you have been a victim of identity theft.
SOURCE http://www.cnbc.com/id/100918004
BTTT
Just remember this, my brother: there are only two reasons for thinking Obamacare can’t be defunded.
1. you don’t want it to be defunded
2. you don’t understand politics
Start out by defunding it and then work to completely scrap it. IMO there is a much better chance to defund than to scrap it (at least right now).
No matter which way you slice it, odumbocare MUST GO!
I am certain it can be defunded...
I am also certain that they did not say “we will defund obamacare”
They said “we will DELAY and defund obamacare”
If the words “delay and” were not in there, it would do the trick- but thos are the two most important words and apparanetly ONE OF US does not understand politics (or weasel-words)
Assuming this is not true, can the previous Congress' funding provisions be specifically eliminated by a continuing resolution? Assuming the answer to that is yes or no, I understand we do not have a shutdown of Obamacare because, somehow, the choice of where to spend available funds from revenue are in the hands of the president, subject only to political backlash if he favors Obamacare over, for example, Social Security. Why should this be so?
Contact the IRS? I stopped reading!
He is posting to a thread article he wrote himself, and answering a few lame brains that are posting too
I posted to him under the name, "Biochemist."
He can use more of our "Freeper"-style encouragement!
With Boehner appearing to finally come around, let's be sure shoot for defunding the whole Obamacare thing! It's really very simple as Mr. Istook very ably points out.
Looks like non-appropriating a mere $105 Billion budgeted for implementation will do it! The other "Trillion" or so in FY 2013 -2014 budget needn't even be touched.
"... [be not] weary in well-doing for we shall reap if we faint not." (Galatians 6:9)
FReegards!
Thank you for clarifying.
Once a politician gets elected to a Federal office, they promptly forget about the “Fecal Federal Finger” effect.
Every area of endeavor that the US Federal Government touches with its Federal Fecal Finger always turns to Obamadung, Obama”care” has proven that.
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Here is some more ammo, the next time you contact our sorry Federal Politicians:
GET THE DAMN FEDS OUT OF THE MEDICAL AND INSURANCE PROFESSIONS !!!!!!!!!
WE TAXPAYERS CANNOT AFFORD YOU DAMN PARASITE POLITICIANS !!!
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The best way to fix a broken system is to SHUT IT DOWN, and THEN fix it.
Speaker Newt SHUT DOWN the US Federal Government in the 1990’s and it WORKED!
Clinton then took credit for balanced Federal Budgets, fewer people were in poverty, and all because Newt said NO !
The Liberal Agenda Media and the Democrats boo-hooed to this day, but Newt achieved success.
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The only way to force a spoiled brat to behave is to punish, punish, punish.
The worst punishment that a Democrat, or RINO can imagine is to take away their ability to spend our tax dollars.
The best way to do that is to shutdown the non-essential parts of the US Federal Government, starting with mothballing Air Force One.
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Why not have the true Republicans require a BINDING, updated, “Federal Financial Impact Statement” for 2012-2013 fiscal year, and 2013-2014 f. y. for Obama”care?”
It should take a month or two to complete, allow for a vote to delay Obama”care” for a year, and then show the great financial harm to our Economy that the Statement’s numbers will document.
Wharton, Stanford, Michigan and Princeton could also file their independent Financial Impact Statements to compare to the Office of Budget and the Congressional Budget Office Financial Impact Statements.
As B. Hussein is fond of saying: “We need to get all the facts first.”
You have to watch for these sudden shifts- when the RINO’s are against somethign and they suddenly shift towards it with a few tiny words added, you have to look closely at those tiny words- they are the ones that make all the difference.
Adding the words “delay and” gives the Democrats EVERYTHING they want!!!!
They want to push this disaster past the 2014 elections, most of all.
Want to stop Obamamcare? Simple: Sign & endorse the Lee/Cruz defund Obamacare petition....today, and join the 1,500,000 Americans that have already done so!!! The signature numbers are rising fast and will soon pass 2,000,000!!!
(WWW.DONTFUNDOBAMACARE.COM)
Bump! Defund it!
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