Under what authority does the President (ANY President) have to simply “modify” laws which were passed by Congress? I mean, without having to go BACK to Congress to get these changes codified into an actual LAW?
I mean, as written, these insurance companies can NOT just make wholesale changes because a President said, “Okay, just do it!” They could be held liable, REGARDLESS of what the President said!
The first person who keeps his old plan, then has some medical condition which is NOT covered under the old plan, but WOULD BE covered under an Obamacare plan, has a very STRONG legal leg with which to beat the insurance company to death!
And when the insurance companies say, “The President said it was okay.” The courts are going to FORCE the insurance companies to pay and will probably award damages, because the LAW says they MUST comply!
If I was the insurance companies, I would say, “NO EFFING WAY are we going to operate on the word of a KNOWN LIAR!” Because it will be THEIR asses that pay, not The Won!
That's what I'd like to know.