Posted on 07/20/2014 7:18:51 PM PDT by Lorianne
As WSJ reports, last week's geopolitical chaos and distraction was ideal for a news dump, and the White House didn't disappoint: On no legal basis, all 4.5 million residents of the five U.S. territories were quietly released from ObamaCare. It seems the costs of healthcare soared in these five territories due to uneconomic mandates - which woul dhave been a disaster PR-wise for the administration and so, under cover of catastrophe, WSJ reports all of a sudden last week HHS discovered new powers after "a careful review of this situation and the relevant statutory language," that enabled them to 'selectively exempt' American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico, Northern Mariana Islands, and Virgin Islands from Obamacare. And all while vacationing...
As WSJ reports,
The original House and Senate bills that became the Affordable Care Act included funding for insurance exchanges in these territories, as President Obama promised when as a Senator he in Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and other 2008 Democratic primaries. But the $14.5 billion in subsidies for the territories were dumped in 2010 as ballast when Democrats needed to claim the law reduced the deficit.
As a consolation, Democrats opened several public-health programs to the territories and bestowed most of ObamaCare's insurance regulations, which liberals euphemize as "consumer protections," such as requiring insurers to accept all comers and charge the same premiums regardless of patient health.
However, costs soared as no insurer would touch them...
(Excerpt) Read more at zerohedge.com ...
This whole monstrosity is being aborted by “a thousand cuts!” Almost makes one want to join ol Ted Turner and Jane Fonda doin the “tomahawk chop!” (snort!)
Did the king use his pen or his phone to do this?
OK now, if the USSC says this law is legal because it is a tax, can’t these exemptions be challenged on their constitutionality of not uniformly applying taxes? They made this bed they should have to lie in it.
Exactly! Next election both candidates will promise to exempt from taxes every state that gives the candidate their electoral votes... In a way they could already do it - just pardon everyone!
another consequence of the ‘pass it so you can find out what’s in it’ bill
Paypack to the Pelosis in Samoa for their treason
and perjury and false document for Obama-the-nonAmerican.
Puerto Rico ping
——I thought this was under the House and Senate to make changes?——
House and Senate...???
We still have those institutions ???
Could have fooled me...
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