Sniper 6,372 Posted December 15, 2018 Wow, I wonder if this will stand? A federal judge in Texas struck down the Affordable Care Act on Friday night, ruling that former President Barack Obama's signature domestic legislation has fallen down like a losing game of "Jenga." U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in Fort Worth sided with the argument put forward by a coalition of Republican-leaning states, led by Texas, that Obamacare could no longer stand now that there's no penalty for Americans who don't buy insurance. The U.S. Supreme Court had upheld the law in 2012, by classifying the legislation as a tax. But since Congress removed the individual mandate in 2017, O’Connor ruled, there's no way the ACA can be allowed to stand. "The Individual Mandate can no longer be fairly read as an exercise of Congress's Tax Power and is still impermissible under the Interstate Commerce Clause — meaning the Individual Mandate is unconstitutional," O'Connor wrote. "The Individual Mandate is essential to and inseverable from the remainder of the ACA." Without the system being upheld by a wide pool of mandated participants, the ACA cannot stand, O'Connor ruled. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/federal-judge-texas-strikes-strikes-down-affordable-care-act-n948306 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kawi7 52 Posted December 15, 2018 Unfortunately NJ has the individual mandate as a state.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Howard 538 Posted December 15, 2018 8 hours ago, Kawi7 said: Unfortunately NJ has the individual mandate as a state.. While that is true, if this dies Federally it will die in New Jermany too unless the STATE becomes the insurer as all the big companies will just pull outof it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zeke 5,504 Posted December 15, 2018 13 minutes ago, Howard said: While that is true, if this dies Federally it will die in New Jermany too unless the STATE becomes the insurer as all the big companies will just pull outof it. Think Romney care Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnnyB 4,289 Posted December 15, 2018 I would know those ears anywhere! 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Displaced Texan 11,653 Posted December 15, 2018 5 minutes ago, JohnnyB said: I would know those ears anywhere! Hey, what do you know, Bathhouse Barry has a convenient set of handles... 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites