Posted on 07/22/2014 9:24:46 AM PDT by KC Burke
Washington (CNN) -- The battle over Obamacare took a dramatic turn Tuesday with a federal appeals court rejecting subsidies paid by the government to millions of new enrollees.
In a 2-1 ruling, a three-judge panel found the federal money that helped people afford health insurance only could go to those who signed up through exchanges run by states.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Woohoo!
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Backers of the [Obama] administration have it backward when they warn Halbig could cause massive disruption,” wrote Michael Cannon, director of health policy at the Cato Institute, in a blog post last week.
“The purpose of Halbig is to end the massive economic and political disruption caused by the president’s decision to ignore the clear statuary language he is sworn to uphold.”
http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/212950-appeals-court-strikes-blow-against-obamacare-subsidies
SWORN to uphold....
time for an INDEPTH TIME OUT for Obie
So,
Do all these low-income and low-information enrollees on Obamacare only to find out they have no coverage when they try to make a visit to their health services provider? Or that they are on the hook for up-front payment in the amount of the subsidy before the services may be delivered?
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
See the other thread on this.
The decision will be appealed en banc. Where the Dems enjoy a 7-4 judicial advantage thanks to Harry Reid stacking the court with the nuclear option.
Then it may, or may not, be taken up by SCOTUS.
It’s funny how if you fail to follow the enacted laws or the Constitution, these little bumps in the road keep cropping up.
All that “sworn duty” stuff is so -— well, conservative.
Just FYI: Monitoring the south Florida media, this major news has gone UNREPORTED IN MIAMI.
Instead, Miami is reporting about a pro-sodomy rally in Key West.
Yup, guilty as charged.
As a Conservative, I do my best to Conserve.
Good question. Knowing Obama and his lawless AG they might just continue coverage and appeal it to “no, it’s a tax” Roberts and the Supremes. The rule of law hasn’t meant much for Obama et. al. up to this point, why stop now? I’m just happy Obamas losing streak with the courts goes unbroken.
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I know it will keep grinding through the courts. However, each ruling is a big problem as the reversal has to be crafted and re-crafted as the rule of law and the check of the co-equal branches are thwarted.
It is the second story on Bing — with an article by Huffington Post no less.
The CNN story you linked to now has this at the top of the page:
“Washington (CNN) — [Adds breaking news update 12:45 p.m.]
In a second decision on the same issue, a federal appeals court in Richmond on Tuesday ruled in favor of government subsidies for people signing up for Obamacare health coverage. That differed from a decision earlier in the day by a federal appeals court in the District of Columbia that went against the administration.”
Lead story on Google News with a Fox story as its source.
first side bar article on CBS on line
Meanwhile, NBC News spins it.
With a lead in Healthcare section they headline “Dueling Rulings: Courts Duke it out over Obamacare” bringing up the 4th Circuit in Richmond
The ruling against is the fourth story on USA Today on-line
The 4th Cir just ruled the other way. Don’t get excited at all. This goes to the full D.C. Cir and the Libtard judges run that show 7-4 thanks to Reid and the nuke option.
All this is good for is “news entertainment” fodder.
But the 4th Cir just ruled the other way. This is not an easy “follow the Constitution” issue. Because the 4th Cir ruled the other way does this mean the D.C. Cir judges did not “follow the constitution”? Of course not.
This is a phrase we need to stop tossing around like a frisbee. Sure it applies, but not to everything or even most things.
Yes, but now when you click that link, you see this:
Appeals court panels issue split decision on Obamacare
Richard Wolf, USA TODAY 1:02 p.m. EDT July 22, 2014
WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court dealt a potentially major blow to President Obama’s health care law Tuesday, ruling that participants in health exchanges run by the federal government in 34 states are not eligible for tax subsidies.
The 2-1 ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, which will be appealed by the government, threatens the framework of the health care system for about 5 million Americans without employer-provided health plans.
Just two hours after that ruling, a separate federal appeals court panel in Richmond unanimously upheld the law and its system of subsidies and tax credits, putting it in opposition to the D.C. appeals court. That could raise the potential for a Supreme Court showdown on the issue.
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