But the requirement that individuals buy insurance is still in place.
Yes, and there’s something very rotten about that fact.
Although Obama hates certain business people, there are cronies of his that he favors - for political purposes. And let’s not forget that big labor would also get this reprieve.
Therefore this is playing favorites. The bigger and more powerful you are and if in the crony class, you are politically valued enough to get “reprieved”. Whereas the individual is persecuted without recourse or relief. Because it’s so easy to “pick off” a subset of individuals one at a time...
IOW, they think they can get away with doing it “just because they can”.
I say this. If nearly everyone who falls into this category of individuals being discriminated against this way would boycott obamacare, just refuse, do civil disobedience to the extent possible, suddenly the individual would have a lot more CLOUT.
Also, where are our elected representatives on this? Where are our governors on this? And where are the lawsuits being brought by some who will stand up and sue them for unequal treatment under the law. That is the grounds on which Sebelius was court ordered to allow the young girl to become eligible for a lung transplant.
I’m not a lawyer or legal expert. But something is very rotten with this arbitrary, capricious and totally one-sided decision that favors some entities while devastating individual Americans.
What is to stop the 2016 GOP Presidential candidate campaigning on eliminating the mandate? Precedent has been set?