[apillar]

I was reading somewhere that Obama crew are secretly panicked over this. When the bill was written it was assumed that the vast majority of states would “come on board” before now and therefore only a little funding was allocated in case there were a couple stragglers. Creating exchanges for 30 states is going to take huge amount of money and manpower and needless to say even Obama realizes it's pointless to even try to get the Republican congress to approve extra money. Rumor has it that they are trying to “invent” a funding mechanism by adding a surcharge to the plans. But since the law doesn't specifically allow it, it would be on very dubious legal ground and probably smacked down by the courts.

[Lou L]

it would be on very dubious legal ground and probably smacked down by the courts.

Since when has the legal implications ever stopped the little Communists before today?

[basil]

You’re more optimistic than I am.

He can pull another “Executive Order” out of his nether parts for one thing.

The other horrible truth is that way too many Americans will go for this.

[nascarnation]

Why would they worry about funding?

Baraq is already charging 40% of his expenses on a 30 year credit card....the added costs wouldn’t even show up percentagewise.

[D-fendr]

The bill also exempts employers from some punishment if the state opts out.

States not doing exchanges and not lowering the Medicaid requirements will come out much much better economically.

[RetiredArmy]

“Invent a money mech?” Sure. It is called hiring more gov-mint employees and putting them in place.