White House claims ObamaCare fine a 'penalty,' despite court calling it a 'tax'

Federal judge strikes down Obamacare payments
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Richard Wolf, Gregory Korte and Jayne O'Donnell
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Republicans won the first round Thursday in a separation of powers battle against President Obama that once again focuses on his most prized achievement: Obamacare.

Federal district Judge Rosemary Collyer, a Republican appointee, ruled that the law does not provide for the funds insurers need to make health insurance policies under the program affordable.

While the law provides for tax credits, she said, it does not authorize an appropriation for slashing deductibles and copayments. Without those reductions from insurers, many consumers could not afford to buy insurance.

"Congress authorized reduced cost-sharing but did not appropriate monies for it," Collyer said in her 38-page ruling. "Congress is the only source for such an appropriation, and no public money can be spent without one."

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Federal judge strikes down Obamacare payments


It's like no one had a clue what was in it or how it would affect people. Obama has unilaterally changed things several times, which is problematic in itself.

It's a tax, it's not a tax. Oh wait, it is a tax so the court could uphold it. But it's not a tax so didn't need to pass the House. You have to believe both lies to make it legal.

Congress lied to give themselves subsidies and they offered subsidies to people signing up. They didn't care, and still don't care, whether what they do is legal or not.

So many of the big insurance companies have already gotten out of Obamacare because they were going broke. I think the left wanted them to go bankrupt. This is just a huge, messed up stepping stone to single payer. Designed to fail and that is the only part of it that is working.
 
The Clusterfuck...
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Federal Judge Rules ObamaCare Subsidies Illegal

May 12, 2016
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It goes without saying that this is more of a moral victory than anything else. Even before Scalia's death, the Supreme Court had demonstrated quite clearly that it would not take it upon itself to stop ObamaCare. So any hope of using lawsuits to stop Obama's illegal program was shaky even before this. But the lawsuits themselves do continue to cast doubt on the legitimacy and credibility of ObamaCare.

And while it's easy to write off such a strategy, it makes insurers uncertain. And this is crucial here since this affects the insurers.

A federal judge on Thursday ruled the Obama administration has been improperly funding an Obamacare subsidy program, a huge win for the House of Representatives’ lawsuit against the White House.

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Federal Judge Rules ObamaCare Subsidies Illegal
 
Obama can call it whatever the hell he want's. Its still unconstitutional. Obama is a professor of constitution law just like I'm the Queen of England. he's a snake
 
Obama can call it whatever the hell he want's. Its still unconstitutional. Obama is a professor of constitution law just like I'm the Queen of England. he's a snake

But does he understand the correct use of apostrophes?
 
The PPACA is still not going away, no matter how many times you lot click your ruby slippers. Unless, of course, you vote for the Trumpster, in which case you'll end up with single payer.

Maybe. Unless he changes his mind. Again. Or changes it back. Again. Or...
 
More tin foil for the hater dupe conspiracists!

Blah blah blah blah.....

Glad to see you've added another word to your vocabulary.

That makes what ? 51 ?

"Vaporous."
742 verbal out of 800, Pubtroll know nothings. This a typical partisan RW judge,to be knocked down again. duh

You bet....57 states too.......
You're so dumb you believe a man as intelligent as Obama didn't just misspeak?
 

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