Posted on 12/13/2010 1:27:52 PM PST by bestintxas
The White House says it disagrees with a Virginia judge's ruling declaring a key provision of President Barack Obama's health care law unconstitutional. But officials say it does not create uncertainty about the implementation of the law's provisions.
"Our belief is that when all the legal wrangling is done, this is something that will be upheld," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs said.
White House health reform director Nancy-Ann DeParle said that while the Virginia judge ruled against the law, the administration is encouraged by two other federal judges that have upheld the law.
U.S. District Judge Henry E. Hudson rejected the government's argument that it has the power under the Constitution to require individuals to buy health insurance, a provision that was set to take effect in 2014.
DeParle told The Associated Press that the Justice Department is reviewing Hudson's ruling. The case is expected to ultimately be decided in the Supreme Court.
Gibbs said the requirement is essential to the law's guarantee of coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions. But he said the White House was not surprised by the ruling.
The provision in the legal crosshairs does not take effect until 2014.
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I knew he would finally do this, but I wonder if this is the place and time.
Where’s Nancy’s gigantic gavel?
Libs have been planning this for far too long to have not thought how the courts would react. They have surely planned on this and know how to get around it.
This guy continues to think he is Robin Hood when most of the country knows he is a Robbing Hood.
Exactly! This is not “insurance” AT ALL! You CANNOT insure pre existing conditions-Obamacare is a program of SUBSIDIES only. First, they have to eliminate the insurance companies, Cloward-Pliven style, before they can implement their socialist medical system...Forcing all people to buy coverage will do just that.
Somewhere there is a talking parrot that is missing his companion——Robert Gibbs.
They as much as totally admit that, and are not ashamed that,
the whole idea is that the healthy will be paying for the healthcare of the sick.
They really don’t see any problem with this.
As they say, “the only way this will work is if everyone is required to participate”.
“Our belief is that when all the legal wrangling is done, this is something that will be upheld,”
“Oh that silly wrangling of stuff. I hate when all of that gets in the way of our marxist ways” says Robert Gibbs.
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