http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...ig-victory/ar-AAe72Za?li=BBgzzfc&ocid=SL5FDHP House Republicans have standing to sue the Obama administration over yet another Obamacare provision, a federal court ruled Wednesday. House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) filed a lawsuit last July contending that the White House had broken the law by giving insurance companies money that Congress hadn't authorized. Many legal observers expected the lawsuit to fail on standing: that Congress wouldn't be able to show a way in which the Obama administration had harmed legislators, a prerequisite for a court challenge. But in a surprise ruling, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia allowed the new challenge — which takes aim at a subset of the health law's insurance subsidies — to proceed. "The constitutional trespass alleged in this case would inflict a concrete, particular harm upon the House for which it has standing to seek redress in this Court," United States District Judge Rosemary Collyer writes in the opinion. Her court still must rule on the merits of the case, whether the Obama administration has broken any laws. But if it finds in the Republicans' favor, the decision would have sweeping implications, significantly reshape the relationship between the executive and legislature — and strike a significant blow to the exact type of people Obamacare was meant to help. ... .... House Republicans argue Treasury is sending out these subsidies illegally While the Affordable Care Act authorized these cost-sharing subsidies when it was passed in 2010, the House lawsuit says it never appropriated the necessary funding to be sent over to Health and Human Services. Here's the relevant bit of the lawsuit on this issue: Congress has not appropriated any funds for Section 1402 Offset Program payments to Insurers for Fiscal Years 2014 or 2015. Notwithstanding the lack of any congressional appropriation for Section 1402 Offset Program payments, defendants Lew and the Treasury Department, at the direction of defendants Burwell and HHS, began making Section 1402 Offset Program payments to Insurers in January 2014, and, upon information and belief, continues to make such payments. The Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") has reported that Section 1402 Offset Program payments to Insurers for Fiscal Year 2014 were estimated to be $3.978 billion. Later, the lawsuit argues that "the House has been injured, and will continue to be injured, by the unconstitutional actions of defendants Lew ... which, among other things, usurp the House's legislative authority." ...
i don't get it, why are repubs against affordable universal health care for all citizens (ie, ACA)of the most powerful country on Earth? Costa Rica takes (health)care of its citizens! Why can't we (USA)? You idiots like paying your burgeoning premiums and copays to BIG PHARM & docs/corporations that GOUGE??? i do no get it, enlighten me if you can
Who cares about healthcare for people that live on sugar and chemicals? Who cares about healthcare for people that never get to a library and learn about health and nutrition? Big Medical!
because universal health care is not affordable? If health care was affordable it wouldn't need to be universal.
the health care expense for my family went up $4000 plus a year. that was my money and it was stolen from me by professional liars. its a theft of liberty and property. Its the opposite of justice and the opposite of what I though living in the United States meant. if the govt wants to give health care away do it with single payer. not by forcing those who work to pay jacked up rates for unnecessary plans.
This is the real beauty of obamacare for obama and his crowd. They are forcing people who largely vote republican to pay for the healthcare of their constituents. So they get to stick it to them coming and going. It's almost like you have to pay for their cellphones as well, oh wait, you do. You lose again. And the fact that many of the recipients are illegal aliens is an even bigger laugh to obama. Meanwhile, veterans die waiting for a chance to see some VA doctor.
your reply however was well written and very thoughtful I sleep in my clothes so I don't have to dress myself in the morning. but you seem smart so I'll play along. How much is it going to cost me to pay for universal healthcare? I can barely pay for Medicare as it is.