Posted on 09/30/2014 4:30:36 PM PDT by lowbridge
A federal judge in Oklahoma on Tuesday struck down a key provision supporting the Affordable Care Act, in yet another judicial move that threatens to derail President Obama’s vision of national health care reform.
US District Judge Ronald White said in a 20-page opinion that the Internal Revenue Service lacked the authority to enact a regulation that allows the federal government to provide tax credits to qualified health care policyholders through health care exchanges in every instance.
At issue in the lawsuit was whether the IRS regulation conflicted with the clear language of ACA, also known as Obamacare, which appears to limit the provision of federal tax credits to only those policy holders enrolled in a health care exchange set up and run by a state.
Two federal appeals courts reached conflicting opinions on the same issue in July, and the plaintiff in one of those cases is asking the US Supreme Court to take up the issue.
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Oh noes!! Now what Batman??
The document is very clear. And the purpose was to have the exchanges run by the states...period.
Roberts will rescue them.
Kudos to judge White, he’s right.
This only works when a “federal judge” sides with the liberals.
Conservative judges, not so much.
SWEET!!!!
The man with the pen and phone will just write another executive order making it okay.
zero has infringed himself on our lives permanently, whether we want to admit it or not..
Does anyone know the actual effect this ruling has on IRS operations. I assume a time was left open for appeals. But would the judge have any power to enforce his ruling. And if so then what kind of penalties could he enact to force compliance with the ruling. Won’t the IRS just laugh at him in this day and age.
Obamacare trivia qiuiz.....
500,000 questions and
(Rim Shot)...Baddang ,
and 18 million answers......
And I thought Economics trivia quiz was bad with 100 questions and 400 answers
please. I thought Roberts was going to rescue them on Hobby Lobby. /sar
I'm not so sure. This one is actually pretty clear. Like the ruling states: If Congress wants to fix this they can do it with a very simple bill that changes the law. That is not the role of the courts.
Finally a beheading that might provoke a comment from the White House.
This should be a slam dunk even for the most retarded court. It was in an early draft and removed.
You are spot on. The ACA is painfully clear.
I miss the rule of law, but from time to time I wonder if it might return. My guess: probably not while the druggie is in our White House.
The court is correct. ObamaCare explicitly requires state exchanges for the subsidies, and even the petty thug in charge lacks the authority to spend that money in violation of the law.
Glad some GOOD LAWYERS took this on amid rather gloomy circumstances. Must have been a pain in the arse.
Judge Ron White AKA Tater Salad.
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