Federal judge green-lights lawsuit that could stop Obamacare in its tracks

[Steve_McGarrett]

Now this will be interesting to watch as this unexpected news hit later this evening. This is definitely great news but I wished the Judge would have issued the injunction.




Bombshell: Federal judge suddenly green-lights lawsuit that could stop Obamacare in its tracks | Mail Online


A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a case that could fatally cripple the Obamacare health insurance law.

The Affordable Care Act forbids the federal government from enforcing the law in any state that opted out of setting up its own health care exchange, according to a group of small businesses whose lawsuit got a key hearing Monday in federal court.

The Obama administration, according to their lawsuit, has ignored that language in the law, enforcing all of its provisions even in states where the federal government is operating the insurance marketplaces on the error-plagued Healthcare.gov website.


Thirty-six states chose not to set up their exchanges, a move that effectively froze Washington, D.C. out of the authority to pay subsidies and other pot-sweeteners to convince citizens in those states to buy medical insurance.

But the IRS overstepped its authority by paying subsidies in those states anyway, say the businesses and their lawyers.

The subsidies serve as a trigger that determines who has to comply with the now-famous individual and employer mandates. So, the lawsuit claims, the Obama administration illegally enforced the Affordable Care Act – suddenly making millions of taxpayers and small employers subject to paying fines if they don't play ball.


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[TemplarKormac]

I've been watching this lawsuit. It's time for the hammer to fall.

 

[Nyvin]

The judge isn't going to halt the subsidies in the meantime. Meaning the subsidies are all going to be given out, and the health plans are going to become active in January...and THEN the judge will rule on the case in February...wow, that's going to be a messed up situation to deal with.

 

[The2ndAmendment]

Amaz

 

[TemplarKormac]

The judge isn't going to halt the subsidies in the meantime. Meaning the subsidies are all going to be given out, and the health plans are going to become active in January...and THEN the judge will rule on the case in February...wow, that's going to be a messed up situation to deal with.

Yeah especially when one files an injunction...

 

[TheOldSchool]

First of all it was twenty-six states that did that.

So it seems foolish to bother reading the rest of it.

Oh well...

 

[Little-Acorn]

Now this will be interesting to watch as this unexpected news hit later this evening. This is definitely great news but I wished the Judge would have issued the injunction.




Bombshell: Federal judge suddenly green-lights lawsuit that could stop Obamacare in its tracks | Mail Online


A federal judge on Tuesday refused to dismiss a case that could fatally cripple the Obamacare health insurance law.

The Affordable Care Act forbids the federal government from enforcing the law in any state that opted out of setting up its own health care exchange, according to a group of small businesses whose lawsuit got a key hearing Monday in federal court.

The Obama administration, according to their lawsuit, has ignored that language in the law, enforcing all of its provisions even in states where the federal government is operating the insurance marketplaces on the error-plagued Healthcare.gov website.


Thirty-six states chose not to set up their exchanges, a move that effectively froze Washington, D.C. out of the authority to pay subsidies and other pot-sweeteners to convince citizens in those states to buy medical insurance.

But the IRS overstepped its authority by paying subsidies in those states anyway, say the businesses and their lawyers.

The subsidies serve as a trigger that determines who has to comply with the now-famous individual and employer mandates. So, the lawsuit claims, the Obama administration illegally enforced the Affordable Care Act – suddenly making millions of taxpayers and small employers subject to paying fines if they don't play ball.


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Chief Justice Roberts has already rewritten the penalty section of Obamacare to read "tax" instead.

He'll just rewrite the enforcement sections next, problem will go away.

No big deal. This lawsuit is toast.

 

[ScienceRocks]

The judge isn't going to halt the subsidies in the meantime. Meaning the subsidies are all going to be given out, and the health plans are going to become active in January...and THEN the judge will rule on the case in February...wow, that's going to be a messed up situation to deal with.

That's going to piss off a lot of people.