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Twenty U.S. states sue federal government seeking end to Obamacare
MSN ^ | Feb. 26, 2018 | Reuters

Posted on 02/26/2018 9:51:33 PM PST by Innovative

A coalition of 20 U.S. states sued the federal government on Monday over Obamacare, claiming the law was no longer constitutional after the repeal last year of its requirement that people have health insurance or pay a fine.

Led by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel, the lawsuit said that without the individual mandate, which was eliminated as part of the Republican tax law signed by President Donald Trump in December, Obamacare was unlawful.

"The U.S. Supreme Court already admitted that an individual mandate without a tax penalty is unconstitutional," Paxton said in a statement. "With no remaining legitimate basis for the law, it is time that Americans are finally free from the stranglehold of Obamacare, once and for all," he said.

(Excerpt) Read more at msn.com ...


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Good.

Congress should have repealed it by now.

But maybe this will give them a little more incentive.

1 posted on 02/26/2018 9:51:33 PM PST by Innovative
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To: Innovative

That’s fantastic. Time for the Republicans to do what they promised.


2 posted on 02/26/2018 9:55:08 PM PST by EdnaMode
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To: Innovative

I am all for any effort to repeal this monstrosity. At this point, especially with the mandate gone, I think the best approach is to develop the ‘right approach’ and leave original Obamacare plans in place. Release the miriad of regulations and let the free market develop better solutions at lower prices. Obamacare will essentially die on the vine with its bloated expensive plans.


3 posted on 02/26/2018 9:56:57 PM PST by ilgipper
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To: Innovative

Repeal the law and send McCain a copy to be buried with him, complements of POTUS Trump.


4 posted on 02/26/2018 10:00:37 PM PST by Beagle8U (Wake up and smell the Covfef)
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To: Innovative

Take it up with Traitor Roberts, along with DACA.

Whatta legacy he has created....


5 posted on 02/26/2018 10:00:46 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Innovative

Great!!


6 posted on 02/26/2018 10:09:29 PM PST by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Innovative

If you remember, Chief Justice Roberts upheld O’Care because it was a tax. At the time, court watchers identified the fact that he might have left the back door open for a challenge if the tax part of it were amended.

Now here we are.


7 posted on 02/26/2018 10:09:57 PM PST by lurk
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To: Beagle8U; null and void; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal; bitt; GregNH; LucyT; Liz
100%. And the guy had the nerve to have a group run ads for him like this:



If that doesn't say what a low-life John McCain is, nothing will.
8 posted on 02/26/2018 10:16:35 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Beagle8U

Put McCain in a sh!tty Medicaid nursing home.
Oh wait, he’s a Senator - I crack myself up.


9 posted on 02/26/2018 10:17:06 PM PST by GnuThere
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To: Innovative

Utah is one of the states? Cannot wait for the Romney perspective on this.


10 posted on 02/26/2018 10:18:34 PM PST by clearcarbon
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To: Innovative

Interesting argument. Hope it works.


11 posted on 02/26/2018 10:19:40 PM PST by teletech
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To: Innovative

It wasn’t constitutional in the first place.


12 posted on 02/26/2018 10:21:50 PM PST by wastedyears (Americans are dreamers too.)
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To: Innovative

I’m probably one of the few that actually benefited greatly from Obamacare. But, over time it did morph into something truly hideous. I would rather have stayed crutch-bound than to have doomed the entire nation to what it has already evolved into.


13 posted on 02/26/2018 10:23:53 PM PST by The Duke (President Trump = America's Last, Best Chanceh)
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To: wastedyears

Jeff Sessions will probably wake up from his long nap and probably tirelessly defend Obamascare.


14 posted on 02/26/2018 10:24:53 PM PST by inchworm
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To: inchworm
Jeff Sessions will probably wake up from his long nap and probably tirelessly defend Obamascare.

Don't jinx it.

15 posted on 02/26/2018 10:26:03 PM PST by wastedyears (Americans are dreamers too.)
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To: wastedyears; Lurkinanloomin; null and void; SkyPilot; Roman_War_Criminal

[It wasn’t constitutional in the first place.]

Hey! Just like Barack Hussein Obama himself!!!


16 posted on 02/26/2018 10:30:38 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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“I’m probably one of the few that actually benefited greatly from Obamacare.”

I seriously doubt it. I am sure there could have been something that you attribute to Obamacare, but I am sure you would have been taken care of some other way..


17 posted on 02/26/2018 10:45:50 PM PST by Innovative ("Winning isn't everything, it's the only thing." -- Vince Lombardi)
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To: EdnaMode
Time for the Republicans to do what they promised

One can't help but suspect that the likes of John Roberts and John McCain among other traitors to their voting fodder are doing exactly what they promised their puppet masters.

18 posted on 02/26/2018 10:51:57 PM PST by grania (Deplorable and Proud of It!)
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To: Innovative

I wonder, if it’s totally repealed, if my company will offer to put our working spouses back on our health insurance plan. Cause it’s been costing us $200 extra per month since that option was taken away.


19 posted on 02/26/2018 11:17:06 PM PST by kelly4c
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To: teletech

Not sure I track it. Did the tax law eliminate the mandate, or eliminate the fine but leave the mandate? If the latter, then the argument makes sense.


20 posted on 02/26/2018 11:50:32 PM PST by ArmstedFragg (So Long Obie)
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