Its funny watching Rachel Maddow. She just characterized the new challenge to Obamacare as being based on a drafting error, almost a typo. Nothing could be further from the truth. The challenge to Obamacare is based on the laws statement that Federal subsidies would only be available to people in states that made their own exchanges; despite the clear language of the law, the IRS said no, everyones eligible for subsidies. Supporters of the ACA insist that thats what the framers of the law *really* meant. Otherwise, how would everyone get coverage? (They neglect to mention the fact that such drafting errors would be less likely to occur if they gave more than thirteen hours to review a 1,200-page law.) But theyre wrong. The language was a specific incentive to drive states to build exchanges. Obamacare architect Jonathan Gruber explains: What’s important to remember politically about this is if youre a state and you don’t set up an exchange, that means your citizens dont get their tax credits—but your citizens still pay the taxes that support this bill. So you’re essentially saying [to] your citizens you’re going to pay all the taxes to help all the other states in the country. I hope that thats a blatant enough political reality that states will get their act together and realize there are billions of dollars at stake here in setting up these exchanges. Dont take my word for it. Watch Mr. Gruber saying these words in 2012 here, around 31:38. m.youtube/watch?v=GtnEmPXEpr0 I know youre shocked that Rachel Maddow would make such a blatantly false statement.
Posted on: Sat, 08 Nov 2014 02:39:47 +0000
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