Discussion: Breaking: Federal Judge Rules Against Obamacare Subsidies

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Seriously?

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I hate to sound or be naive but it is very, very, very disheartening to think of any legal matter, much less an important one, decided on the basis of partisanship. It’s bad enough for the legislature to be that way, but the legal system ought to be free of this corruption. It’s so disheartening that it matters who appointed the judge in question. This is a situation where the intent of the law was clear, and any honest judge would acknowledge that and throw the suit out. (It’s also a situation where a functioning legislature would just fix the language.)

So disheartening. I can’t say it enough.

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THe ResT werE aPPOInted BY EXTREMe COnservatIVE GHWB. 7-5 in FAVOR of LIBturds.

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You take too much pleasure in toying with people. :smile:

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The Kansas bums are not yet thrown out. I prefer that Democrats retain control of the Senate after November rather than take a chance on a dubious “great awakening”.

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I NeeD to INforMEd Libturds OF tRUE facts from the INternet and INformatioN that ExisTs OUtside THE left wING echO buBBLe.

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Thanks for the tautology.

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When do the insurance companies and hospitals start making some House of Cards sort of phonecalls to end this legal nonsense?

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2014 is a bigger FD for us right now, for the same reasons you state! Don’t throw away any opportunity to vote!

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I think the Federal Government IS the STATE…as are all governments…

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I wonder if the IRS could make the controversy non-justiciable by amending the regulations so nobody has standing. Apparently there are a couple of convoluted arguments where people can credibly allege that they are injured $20 or so by the existence of the subsidies.

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Well, I do feel smarter each time I read your posts.

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Excellent question. One would think insurance companies would start to throw their weight around to make sure Obamacare stays put. They stand to lose billions if Republican judges are allowed to tear apart the law.

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Yes it is a BFD - 2016 - but the issue isn’t the survival of the ACA, it’s the health of the economy. If Obama fails to deliver on this stall speed 2% GDP economy over the next two years then there’s a real chance a Jeb Bush type Republican could win the WH.

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The insurance companies and hospitals can’t influence the Supreme Court, at least in theory. They could try to persuade Congress to approve the necessary fix to the law to solve this problem. But with Congress in recess from now until after the election, what would be the point?

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No.

BTW, welcome to TPM.

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Prime candidate as a Republican Supreme. Responded with his own interpretation of his own facts and not what the suit was about.

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Currently our GDP is 4.6%:

GDP by yearly average:

Jun 30, 2014 4.06%
Dec 31, 2013 4.57%
Dec 31, 2012 3.47%
Dec 31, 2011 3.64%
Dec 31, 2010 4.56%
Dec 31, 2009 0.11%

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If the republicans strip ACA i think its only fair that the insurance industry lose ALL of its anti trust protections forcing it into the insurance open market. I for one am not willing to continue paying that 70 billion dollar a year insurance industry “subsidy” for the uninsured.

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The insurance industry are the ones behind the challenge to ACA so not influencing the supreme court theyre arguing before the supreme court.