BREAKING: Federal Judge in Texas Rules Obama Health-Care Law unconstitutional

[Straight Shooter]

A federal judge in Texas threw a dagger on Friday into the Affordable Care Act, ruling that the entire health-care law is unconstitutional because of a recent change in federal tax law.

The opinion by U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor overturns all of the sprawling law nationwide.

The ruling came on the eve of the deadline for Americans to sign up for coverage in the federal insurance exchange created under the law.

Since the suit was filed in January, many health-law specialists have viewed its logic as weak but nevertheless have regarded the case as the greatest looming legal threat to the 2010 law, which has been a GOP whipping post ever since and assailed repeatedly in the courts.

A spokeswoman for California Attorney General Xavier Becerra (D), who leads a group of states opposing the lawsuit, said that the Democratic defenders of the law are ready to challenge the ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit.

The Supreme Court upheld the law as constitutional in 2012 and 2015, though the first of those opinions struck down the ACA’s provision that was to expand Medicaid nationwide, letting each state choose instead. No matter how O’Connor ruled, legal experts have been forecasting that the Texas case would be appealed and could well place the law again before the high court, giving its conservative newest member, Justice Brett Kavenaugh, a first opportunity to take part.

O’Connor is a conservative judge on the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He was appointed by President George W. Bush. O’Connor ruled once before on an issue arising from the ACA, issuing a nationwide injunction two years ago on an Obama administration rule that forbid providers of health care to discriminate based on gender identity.

And in June, the administration took the unusual step of telling the court that it will not defend the ACA against this latest challenge. Typically, the executive branches argues to uphold existing statutes in court cases.

The lawsuit was initiated by Texas’s attorney general Ken Paxton, who describes himself as a tea party conservative, with support from 18 GOP counterparts and a governor. The plaintiffs argue that the entire ACA is invalid. They trace their argument to the Supreme Court’s 2012 ruling in which Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote for the majority that the penalty the law created for Americans who do not carry health insurance is constitutional because Congress “does have the power to impose a tax on those without health insurance.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...ory.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.d4b5c8a759d4

Great. now we can have Medicare-For-All

 

[sean miguel]

Which was the aim from the start.

 

[Jack Davenport]

Now let’s work on Roe v Wade.

 

[georges]

Best news so far, the Obama muppets will have to pay for their own healthcare and will not be entitled to leech off others anymore :thefinger:
TEXAS FEDERAL JUDGE STRIKES DOWN OBAMACARE, TRUMP RESPONDS
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/14/texas-federal-judge-obamacare-trump-responds/

James Woods Takes a Hammer to Obama’s Legacy After Obamacare Ruled Unconstitutional
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/j...&ff_campaign=manualpost&ff_content=2018-12-15

 

[ChuckFaze]

Now let’s work on Roe v Wade.

I say have DACA be next. :yesyes: :drool2:

 

[georges]

OBAMA RESPONDS TO OBAMACARE RULING, DECRIES REPUBLICANS TRYING TO OVERTURN LAW IN COURTS
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/15/obama-responds-obamacare-ruling/

What a fucking cheapshot :thefinger:

ERIC HOLDER, DEMS DECRY OBAMACARE RULING, RESPOND BY CALLING FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/15/eric-holder-democrats-obamacare-ruling-medicare/

What a fucking cheapshot :thefinger:

 

[Jack Davenport]

OBAMA RESPONDS TO OBAMACARE RULING, DECRIES REPUBLICANS TRYING TO OVERTURN LAW IN COURTS
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/15/obama-responds-obamacare-ruling/

What a fucking cheapshot :thefinger:

ERIC HOLDER, DEMS DECRY OBAMACARE RULING, RESPOND BY CALLING FOR MEDICARE FOR ALL
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/15/eric-holder-democrats-obamacare-ruling-medicare/

What a fucking cheapshot :thefinger:

Yes we can.

 

[georges]

I say have DACA be next. :yesyes: :drool2:

DACA JUDGE SUGGESTS TRUMP’S RHETORIC THREATENS RULE OF LAW
https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/14/john-bates-daca-donald-trump/

 

[georges]

Judge Echoes Trump Position After Ruling Obamacare Unconstitutional
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/j...&ff_campaign=manualpost&ff_content=2018-12-31

more cheering for the Obama muppets :thefinger:

 

[georges]

In policy change, Trump DOJ now asking Supreme Court to throw out ObamaCare entirely
https://www.westernjournal.com/herm...&ff_campaign=manualpost&ff_content=2019-03-26

good riddance, we don't need leechoffs and parasites :thefinger:

 

[ChuckFaze]

As Captain Picard would say --- Make it so, Number One. artysml:

 

[georges]

SCOTUS Crushes Another Obama-Era Health Reg, Openly Hits Obama Admin’s Lawlessness
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/s...m_content=2019-06-04&utm_campaign=pushtraffic

More for ruining the morale of Obama devotees :thefinger:

 

[xfire]

More for ruining the morale of Obama devotees

Democrats flipped The House in a huge blue wave in 2018 running on health care. As usual, your conclusions are shit.

 

[Johan]

I say have DACA be next. :yesyes: :drool2:

Cancel that fucking XIIIth Amendement

 

[~~whimsy~~]

With Obamacare I was penalized 600-900 dollars on taxes cos of his bullshit. Now imagine Trump did same thing for his wall and just took 700 away from people come taxes.

Obama was a shitstorm.

 

[xfire]

Annual healthcare inflation was already unsustainable before The ACA, Republicans certainly didn't help make The ACA better, and universal coverage is, really, the only long term solution.

Private Insurance: Give up 20% of your paycheck, pay huge deductibles.

Universal Single Payer: Give up 5% of your paycheck, pay no deductibles.

But, those profits. Yeah, like everything else, Republican; Fuck Them.

 

[~~whimsy~~]

I had insurance before Obama's crap. It was very nice and available to anybody unless they made shit ton of money but even they still had options but had to psy some. But I didn't pay a cent for two children, prenatals or anything. Including after birth. On top of that had free dental check ups, coverage for myself and eye. Available to anyone...

 

[xfire]

What reason did your insurance company give you for cancelling your awesome insurance? How, exactly, did The ACA fuck up your policy?

 

[Straight Shooter]

Annual healthcare inflation was already unsustainable before The ACA, Republicans certainly didn't help make The ACA better, and universal coverage is, really, the only long term solution.

Private Insurance: Give up 20% of your paycheck, pay huge deductibles.

Universal Single Payer: Give up 5% of your paycheck, pay no deductibles.

But, those profits. Yeah, like everything else, Republican; Fuck Them.

This dumbass country. All these morons bitching about having to pay for Medicare-for-all yet they don't know that $ is taken out of their paychecks to fund Medicare and Social Security

 

[Rey C.]

The plan supported by Sanders and others isn't the same as the current Medicare plan. Its structure, funding and mandates would be completely different. Here's a good article that does a pretty good job of comparing and contrasting what's been proposed vs. the current Medicare program: Medicare for All: What it is, what it isn't

Health care and affordable health insurance certainly are still real problems in the U.S. - especially for those who aren't covered by employer-based group plans or who don't qualify for ObamaCare subsidies, Medicare or Medicaid. So IMO, all serious plans and proposals should be heard and studied. People won't support another pig in a poke. But I think people will support a program, or programs, which have reasonable premiums, address the outrageous costs of certain drugs and hospital services, are accepted by a broad spectrum of physicians and specialists and can prove that they are sustainable in the longer term... without relying on fantasy projections. Also, assuming that the insurance and medical industries are just going to roll over without having their lobbyists up every congress critter's ass is another fantasy. If/when they come up with something, it will necessarily be full of compromises. We know this (or we should). So whatever people support better be well thought out and not full of wishful thinking.

I don't have time to wait for these chimps to fall out of the tree though. Since I'll retire well before I'll qualify for Medicare, I'm looking at getting coverage from one of the approved sharing ministries - it's health insurance that can't legally be called 'insurance". Because they don't cover all of the pointless (to me) mandates in ObamaCare, and they're not funding corporate jets for CEOs, the premiums are about 80% less than what I've found with private insurers. Hopefully that'll still be the case when I hang up my hat in a couple of years.