ObamaCare survives. Now what?
“We’ll have a real-world test of the Affordable Care Act and whether employers accept it, whether the public accepts it,” said Drew Altman, president and chief executive officer of the Kaiser Family Foundation. “That will change the entire discussion about the Affordable Care Act, because up to this point, it really hasn’t been a discussion of what the Affordable Care Act really does.”…
If the price of health coverage in the exchanges is too high, for example, conservative critics expect a backlash.“I think people will be in for serious rate shock, especially in those individual markets that have been relatively lightly regulated,” said Douglas Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum…
One fight already under way centers on whether people will be able to get subsidies in health exchanges that are run by the feds, or only when the states themselves run them. There’s also a pending legal challenge from Liberty University against the requirement that would make most businesses with more than 50 workers provide health coverage or pay a fine. Liberty says that requirement is unconstitutional — and yes, it has vowed to fight all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Diet, exercise, pray
mrscullen on November 7, 2012 at 4:21 PM
Now we find out what’s in it.
HitNRun on November 7, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Liberty won’t – next question.
Chip on November 7, 2012 at 4:22 PM
Now what?
The countdown clock to single-payer starts.
Common Sense Floridian on November 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Survival of the fittest.
ElectricPhase on November 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM
Any word from John Roberts yet? He’s the one holding the ginsu knife under his robe.
TxAnn56 on November 7, 2012 at 4:23 PM
You get the pain pill instead of the pacemaker.
forest on November 7, 2012 at 4:24 PM
I too blame John Roberts. He didn’t do his job.
El_Terrible on November 7, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Bend over.
And Again.
Who is John Galt on November 7, 2012 at 4:25 PM
Really not looking forward to new IRS forms and taxes
El_Terrible on November 7, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Invest in concierge medical providers.
cool breeze on November 7, 2012 at 4:26 PM
Find a really good vet!
kringeesmom on November 7, 2012 at 4:28 PM
Religious conversion. We are all Reformed Amish now!
kringeesmom on November 7, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Lock the door, and hope they don’t have blasters.
SirGawain on November 7, 2012 at 4:29 PM
Move to California and live on pizza and brownies?
SailorMark on November 7, 2012 at 4:31 PM
Just when I thought my hatred for these leftist turds couldn’t be any stronger…
Common Sense Floridian on November 7, 2012 at 4:31 PM
O-care is deeply flawed and the GOP house needs to REFUSE to make any adjustments to it to make it better. I believe the house has technically repealed O-Care right? Okay then, when a problem comes up they just say – “we already fixed that problem by repealing the whole law – go see Reid.”
That’s what they should do – use ObamaCare as a crucible to get voters to go GOP next time. Hey, the Dims own that lock stock and barrel.
They will own the problems too.
But Boehner – if he remains in charge – will compromise
HondaV65 on November 7, 2012 at 4:32 PM
Go Galt. Refuse to comply with Emperor Obama, even if it means going to jail as a political prisoner.
Myron Falwell on November 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM
Prague is lovely this time of year, summer even more so.
JPeterman on November 7, 2012 at 4:33 PM
My doctor, who is 65, says she’s going to 2-3 days a week, cash only. Said she didn’t become a doctor to be a bureaucrat and refuses to acquiesce to Obamacare.
TxAnn56 on November 7, 2012 at 4:34 PM
Obamacare doesn’t survive. States can and should invoke their right of nullification.
Dante on November 7, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Unemployment goes down as Soylent Factories come on line.
Bishop on November 7, 2012 at 4:35 PM
Blame the people for allowing the government to seize the power of judicial review, a power that was not granted to it through the Constitution.
Dante on November 7, 2012 at 4:35 PM
I know this will not be for everyone, but it is a solution. My wife and I joined a year ago, and we’ve been very pleased. Pray about it.
Samaritan Ministries
My parents joined Christian Healthcare Ministries.
Both satisfy the law without forcing you to pay for killing babies:
Weight of Glory on November 7, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Thank you, John Roberts. Boy, you sure wowed all of us stupid rubes with your unmatched legal acumen, didn’t you? You were too cute by half. Maybe you should just stick to the constitutional question at hand next time. Schmuck.
Matticus Finch on November 7, 2012 at 4:36 PM
Do you say “laku noc`” for goodnight, or is that just Croatian?
SailorMark on November 7, 2012 at 4:37 PM
Heeeey, that will be a lot of jobs.
SailorMark on November 7, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Yeah, cuz that worked out great last time we went before the Supreme Court. BTW, this will be one of the disastrous unintended consequences of Obamacare. This along with the incentive to use part-time workers will cripple the economy.
Doughboy on November 7, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Get a waiver..
CTSherman on November 7, 2012 at 4:39 PM
Now what? Now you die, Mr. Bond.
Kataklysmic on November 7, 2012 at 4:41 PM
+1,000,000
thirtyandseven on November 7, 2012 at 4:41 PM
You people so funny. As if we have a choice anymore.
txmomof6 on November 7, 2012 at 4:43 PM
Someone on one of the threads last night said his employees would be getting pink slips today. Going Galt, shutting ‘er down because of ObamaCare. I’m sure there will be a lot of that. The part-time thing has already impacted a lot of people in Vegas. (And they still don’t get it.)
SailorMark on November 7, 2012 at 4:46 PM
Now what? Vision problems will now be treated at the DMV by reading the top 5 lines.
salem on November 7, 2012 at 4:47 PM
dobrou noc
JPeterman on November 7, 2012 at 4:47 PM
… says POLITICO, with a big smile on their leftist faces.
UltimateBob on November 7, 2012 at 4:50 PM
I’ve always wanted to go to Prague…..
SailorMark on November 7, 2012 at 4:50 PM
Dubrou noc, America. It was nice knowing you.
UltimateBob on November 7, 2012 at 4:51 PM
Good bumper sticker.
SailorMark on November 7, 2012 at 4:54 PM
Find a few good doctors at the gulches.
Schadenfreude on November 7, 2012 at 4:56 PM
Would this be the time to point out that – ObamaCare wouldn’t be alive today if not for G.W. Bush appointing Roberts to the SCOTUS?
HondaV65 on November 7, 2012 at 5:01 PM
Obamacare is still unconstitutional, the GOP has 30 governorships, and almost as many state legislatures.
NOW is the time to resurrect federalism and tell the federal government that unconstitutional legislation will be declared null and void.
When the states ratified the Constitution they didn’t agree to subordination to the federal government. It’s time to push states to seize back powers usurped by the federal government over the course of the last 100 years.
Charlemagne on November 7, 2012 at 5:03 PM
The premiums and co payments keep going up. A lot of people are going to find their affordable health insurance less affordable because of obamacare.
Blake on November 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Good a time as any. Feel better?
SailorMark on November 7, 2012 at 5:05 PM
Am I the only one who has the HotAir log covering the submit button on the comments? I checked it on Chrome and on Firefox – same problem.
Blake on November 7, 2012 at 5:07 PM
My Doc already sold his practice to a Health Care Conglomerate and I recieved a nice GFY letter telling me that my family and I are no longer being seen due to the fact that they do not take my insurance. Retired Military TRICARE Prime.
Love my Doc, He saw what was coming and wanted no part of it. I don’t blame him I blame teh one and Ocare.
D-fusit on November 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM
MT passed a ref last night that neither the state nor feds could force an individual to buy health insurance. How is obamacare going to deal with that?
ConservativePartyNow on November 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM
I was there years ago on my honeymoon. In the Fall.
Yes, it is as beautiful as JPeterman says it is at this time of year. You have to see it.
UltimateBob on November 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM
You are not alone.
JPeterman on November 7, 2012 at 5:09 PM
Same here.
D-fusit on November 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM
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