Five States Win $839 Million Obamacare Lawsuit

Breitbart - Big Government ^ | 8-24-2018 | Ken Klukowski

[Sir Napsalot]

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a five-state coalition that on Thursday won an $839 million judgment against the federal government in an Obamacare lawsuit, a massive blow to the Obama administration’s namesake legislation.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA, better known as Obamacare) requires medical providers to pay a Health Insurance Provider Fee (HIPF). Even though the ACA exempts states from paying that fee when providing health care, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the Obama era created a regulation requiring states to pay the fee anyway, a fee that is styled as a tax on the states.

Paxton sued in federal court, joined by Indiana, Nebraska, Kansas, and Louisiana. The five states’ lawsuit argues that this tax/fee is illegal under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) because the ACA clearly exempts states from this payment and also that even if the statute did allow it, such taxes would violate the Tenth Amendment of the Constitution when imposed on sovereign states.

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[katykelly]

I pay $1200 a month for Texas BCBS and it’s lousy coverage . That’s just for me . Will this do anything to help me ? Sorry , it’s all about me .

[mabarker1]

And just WHO is going to PAY THE $839,000,000.00 ???

I’m betting ONCE AGAIN US THE U.S. TAXPAYERS...

So someone “Please ‘splain thes to Me Lucy”

Now if it’s coming out of the zer0’s STOLEN FROM US POCKET MONEY...

[Zenjitsuman]

I wrote a Tweet to Trump last week that Ken Paxton should replace Sessions.

AG Paxton is a superstar.

[TheNext]

# CALPERS FOR ALL

Medicare is for only contributers. Quit stealing

CALPERS for ALL.

Let California pay for everybody’s medical since they keep slandering Medicare.

[TheNext]

CALPERS for PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS

[HangThemHigh]

"More Trump triumph, more Obolo loss (of a pathetic legacy)."

Just protecting Ohole from his own legacy.