Posted on 12/03/2013 5:19:47 PM PST by Ray76
Obamacare: Day 64
America Held Hostage
Roundup of News & Views
No. 21. Dec 3, 2013
Hearing: The Presidents Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws
Full Committee Hearing of The House Committee on the Judiciary today, "The Presidents Constitutional Duty to Faithfully Execute the Laws"
Witness list: Mr. Jonathan Turley, Professor, George Washington University Law School; Mr. Nicholas Rosenkranz, Professor, Georgetown University Law Center; Mr. Simon Lazarus, Senior Counsel, Constitutional Accountability Center; Mr. Michael F. Cannon, Director of Health Policy Studies Cato Institute.
Statement of Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte
Testimony of Mr. Turley
Testimony of Mr. Rosenkranz
Testimony of Mr. Lazarus
Testimony of Mr. Cannon
Video at C-Span
Obama Administration proposes an IRS rule to violate PPACA
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act offers "premium assistance" tax credits and subsidies to households purchasing coverage through new health-insurance exchanges. The law authorizes premium assistance in state-run exchanges (Section 1311) but not federal ones (Section 1321). This past summer the Obama Administration proposed an IRS rule to offer premium assistance in all exchanges "whether established under section 1311 or 1321" - a clear violation of the law.
Article at WSJ
Obamacare's next legal challenge
Subsidies are only to be made available, and tax penalties for not signing up for health insurance are only to be assessed, in states that create their own health-care exchange. The IRS, however, is attempting to enforce tax penalties in all states
Article at WSJ
Impeachment over Obamacare?
Article at Townhall
Dem senator opposed Obamacare quick-fix when it was a GOP idea
Sen. Mark Udall (D-CO) introduced a U.S. senate bill Wednesday (Nov 20) to prevent insurance policy cancellations under Obamacare voted against a 2010 resolution that would have done just that.
Article at Human Events
Website Insecurity - "Take it Offline"
Cyber security experts told Congress today (Nov 19) that the Obama administration should take Healthcare.gov offline until privacy vulnerabilities are addressed and detection capabilities are improved.
It could take a year to secure the risk of "high exposures" of personal information on the federal Obamacare online exchange, a cybersecurity expert told CNBC on Monday (Nov 25).
Article at ABC News
Article at CNBC
White House wouldnt brief us on Healthcare.gov security gaps even in closed session
The White House refused to brief Congress on the known risks and attacks that have already taken place even in closed session, say Rep. Mike Roger (R-MI). Healthcare.gov doesnt even meet minimal standards
Article at Hot Air
Insurers Claim Health Website Is Still Flawed
One-third of all Healthcare.gov 834s failed. An 834 is the file containing enrollment info and is sent to insurers.
Article at CNBC
Article at Hot Air
New Obamacare Headache: Is Your Enrollment Real?
Article at ABC News
Krauthammer: Obamacare a tool to intentionally destroy wealth and create Democratic voters
Article at Daily Caller
How Obamacare Is Being Used to Create a Permanent Democratic Majority
Article at Powerline
Catastrophic Plans
Government cant and wont fix healthcare. Only the private sector can do that. The full solution, then, will require complete secession from every plan put out by every politician, every political party, and every national commission of experts purporting to know better than the people who make up the market order.
Article at FEE
Krauthammer: An outbreak of lawlessness
For all the gnashing of teeth over the lack of comity and civility in Washington, the real problem is not etiquette but the breakdown of political norms, legislative and constitutional.
Article at Washington Post
Read other editions of the Obamacare Roundup.
Violations of US Constitution File for the 2014 Impeachment of arrogant Communist B. Hussein Obama, also known as Barry Soetoro, a legal citizen of the Sovereign Nation of Indonesia.
4 Minutes
Bill Hemmer with Judge Nap
Judge Napolitano ~ Obamacare Faces Flurry Of Legal Challenges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HSYiFNWDnYo
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