Background History H/T HealthAffairs.org. On February 26, 2018, attorneys general and governors from 20 states filed a lawsuit against the federal government, including the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), to enjoin the Affordable Care Act (ACA) following repeal of the individual mandate penalty. The states are Texas, … Read more
More good news today! Extra premium subsidies approved as part of the recent stimulus bill will be available on the federal Affordable Care Act exchange starting on Thursday, April 1. Link to HealthCare.gov. CNN reports, New stimulus Obamacare subsidies start April 1: Current enrollees and those seeking Obamacare coverage can access the additional help for … Read more
The “lamestream media” coverage of passage of the COVID-19 Relief bill tended to focus on the fact that it was not “bipartisan,” i.e., that not one Republican in Congress voted for the most popular bill since raising the minimum wage in 2007, supported by 76% of Americans and even 60% of Republicans. That is almost … Read more
While his twice impeached, twice David Duke endorsed, and twice popular vote loser predecessor was undergoing the third day of his record second impeachment trial, President Joe Biden was doing three things Donald Trump never could: Governing, working to help people and living up to his oath. Readers may not know it because of the … Read more
The U.S. Supreme Court heard the legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act aka “Obamacare” a week after Election Day in November. A collection of Republican state attorneys general relied on the bogus legal theory of inseverability, claiming that since the GOP tax act of 2017 repealed the individual mandate in an act of political sabotage, … Read more