[alloysteel]

Just like what was pointed out, so forcefully, by Megyn - there is NO mandate for providing contraception drugs under Obamacare written in the legislation. This was a made-up mandate that was written as part of the regulations the HHS would use to implement the terms of the law.

There is an overall catch-phrase in the legislation, big enough to send an ocean liner through, which allows the regulations to be written “as the Secretary may direct”, which was apparently taken as a blank check.

[Pecos]

Perpetual increase in the power of the Executive Branch is the key to Leftist power. That way, if you own the White House, you own the country.

[ExTxMarine]

There is an overall catch-phrase in the legislation, big enough to send an ocean liner through, which allows the regulations to be written “as the Secretary may direct”, which was apparently taken as a blank check.

Trust me, this was written as a blank check - ON PURPOSE by the sleazy Democrats who wrote this POS law!

They wanted every single little actual rule, mandate, fee, and nuance to actually be written by the Obama Administration, so they passed this law which is 80% "as the Secretary may direct." This hasn't been "taken" as a blank check, IT WAS A BLANK CHECK!

Even worse, they basically wrote the law so that once these rules were written, within three years of the law passing, no one could change the rules later. So, they tied the hands of the next Secretary, so that "as the Secretary may direct" has no meaning after they write all the bullshit into play!

This was a fiasco and sham of a law; it practically says, "We give the President the right to write and implement the rest of this law as he sees fit."