WI Gov Scott Walker’s letter to Sebelius

“I as governor of xxxx do not recognize the federal government authority in regulating medical insurance sold and applied within our borders. While the supreme court twisted and contorted its reasoning in ruling the individual mandate a tax, they are not the only arbitrator of constitutionality. With that being said the state of xxxx rules the affordable health care act unconstitutional.”

Will it happen, probably not but the power and ability is there.

Where have you been the last 4 seventy years? Welcome back to planet earth, where the supremes set precedent on disregarding plain language in favor of finding nonexistent intent.

Difficultas_Est_Imperium on November 19, 2012 at 10:31 AM

Fixed.

Obamacare won’t be permanent for one reason: we can’t afford it. The Ponzi scheme that is our government, and all the idiotic Democratic-vote-buying programs that it has spawned, including Obamacare, are unsustainable.

We are already $16 Trillion in debt — far more than that if you count all our unfunded “entitlement” liabilities (over $100 Trillion, by some estimates, when all those are factored in).

At some point, and we are getting nearer to that point every day, the entire thing implodes.

As the Boy Scouts say: be prepared.

AZCoyote on November 19, 2012 at 9:51 AM

Bingo.

The debate whether it can be implemented is just academic at this point. In reality, ObamaCare will never see the light of day.

Liberals who like to point out socialized medicine’s “success” in being cemented in Europe forget one crucial fact. When it was institutionalized there; all of those countries had virtually no debt, young demographics and no unemployment.

Very, very different situation here today.

The states will buckle when their federal funds are withheld to coerce cooperation. This is how 55 became law across the land… back in the 70′s.

Wasn’t this effectively barred by SCOTUS/Roberts ruling?

As a result of the Supreme Court’s ruling, states are now free to make their own decisions on the Medicaid expansion. As directed by the law, they can expand their Medicaid programs and receive enhanced federal Medicaid funding for this new population. But a state can also choose not to expand its Medicaid program and no longer risk losing their existing federal Medicaid funds. In essence, the ruling makes the Medicaid expansion voluntary. Heritage Foundation

While this may only apply to Medicaid at this time, count it not be expanded??

He also said that the feds may start postponing implementation of this meteor sized legislation because it’s so heavy and cumbersome that it could implode our health industry in six months.

But if the courts read the plain words of the statute, then federal exchanges couldn’t really function.

Where have you been the last 4 years? Welcome back to planet earth, where the supremes set precedent on disregarding plain language in favor of finding nonexistent intent.

Elections have consequenses and in the last election we doomed ourselves to permanant Obamacare.
dczombie on November 19, 2012 at 9:34 AM

Obamacare won’t be permanent for one reason: we can’t afford it. The Ponzi scheme that is our government, and all the idiotic Democratic-vote-buying programs that it has spawned, including Obamacare, are unsustainable.

We are already $16 Trillion in debt — far more than that if you count all our unfunded “entitlement” liabilities (over $100 Trillion, by some estimates, when all those are factored in).

At some point, and we are getting nearer to that point every day, the entire thing implodes.

As the Boy Scouts say: be prepared.

More daydreaming. The Obama Administration would rather sell individual states off to the Chinese than see their precious healthcare handouts fail.

JeremiahJohnson on November 19, 2012 at 9:29 AM

I will not be surprised at some point during this term.. and I say this seriously, that a Chinese or Russian warship will sail up to one of our beaches and their troops will just get off for a surprise “peace visit.” With or without Obama’s approval.

If they don’t actually walk on our beaches shaking hands with sunbathers, they will sail by close enough to see their soldiers waving hands from the decks.

As Obama dismantles our nukes and guts our military, China and Russia are going to cross new lines. And I bet the media will hail it as a new beautiful day.