The Seattle Times
July 22, 2014 --
Federal appeals court deals blow to health law:
http://seattletimes.com/html/nationw...subsidies.html
Quote:
A federal appeals court delivered a serious setback to President Barack Obama's health care law Tuesday, potentially derailing billions of dollars in subsidies for many low- and middle-income people who bought policies.
In a case before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, a group of small business owners argued that the law authorizes subsidies only for people who buy insurance through markets established by the states -- not by the federal government.
A divided court agreed, in a 2-1 decision that could mean premium increases for more than half the 8 million Americans who have purchased taxpayer-subsidized coverage under the law. The ruling affects consumers who bought coverage in the 36 states served by the federal insurance marketplace, or exchange.
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I'm not here to argue for or against the Appellate Court ruling. I'm also not here to argue the pros or cons of the bill itself.
But I have to ask:
How in the world did the bill's authors not see this coming?
How much of an effort was made in the way of due diligence beforehand to prevent something like this from happening?
I'd like to think that when all three branches of the Federal government decide to enact new legislation as contentious and sweeping as the ACA - that somebody somewhere would have, at the very least, proofread the damn thing first.
-jp
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