In June of 2012, The Supreme Court Ruled that the Affordable care act was indeed constitutional. That included the much disputed individual mandate that people be insured. It was upheld. ObamaCare would go forward as written with one exception, States could opt out of the feederal Medicaid expansion. Today I'd like to focus again on the Individual Mandate. Chief Justice John Roberts joined with the court’s four liberal justices in the ruling, which says Congress had the authority to impose the law’s individual mandate under Congress’s taxing power.
There was one rebuke to the Obama administration: The court ruled that the states can reject the law’s Medicaid expansion. Many states opted out of the expansion, thus putting the onus of the exchange on the Federal Government. They will not see the benefits of the expansion. Many will be exempt from the individual mandate penalty. It is beneficial for people to understand the number of people that will be affected by the Individual Mandate slated to go into effect in 2014. That deadline is March 31, 2014. This is the individual mandate. Basically, if you or your family do not have insurance by a set time you will be required to buy an insurance plan or pay a penalty. Q. I don't have health insurance. Will I have to get it, and what happens if I don't?
A: Under the legislation, most Americans will have to have insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. The penalty would start at $95, or up to 1 percent of income, whichever is greater, and rise to $695, or 2.5 percent of income, by 2016. This is the individual limit; families have a limit of $2,085 or 2.5 percent of household income, whichever is greater. Some people can be exempted from the insurance requirement, called an individual mandate, because of financial hardship or religious beliefs or if they are American Indians, for example. )
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After the budget showdown and the government shutdown, it was pretty clear to everyone that the already shabby Republican reputation took another big hit. It was a personal double-whammy for them, not only being hated even more, but also not succeeding in making President Obama a failure (or - more accurately - not preventing him from succeeding). They failed to prevent the ACA from being enacted, they failed to repeal it (42 times), they failed to get the Supreme Court to overturn it, and they failed to defund (well - sort of, but more on that later). All they've got left now is to wax indignant about the perceived failures of the website, and extrapolate the mostly anecdotal evidence across the entire program, crow that it's already a failure, and demand investigations, explanations, and resignations.
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1-800-318-2596
Author: Raine
Date: 10/23/2013 12:58:56
Pass it on. Right now there are glitches. There are problems with the ACA website. There is no getting around that. Until then, remind people of this phone number: 1-800-318-2596 Continue reading...
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Ask a Vet
Author: TriSec
Date: 10/22/2013 10:22:31
Good Morning. Today is our 4,398th day in Afghanistan. We'll start this morning as we always do; with the latest casualty figures from our ongoing war, courtesy of Antiwar.com: US Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 2,284 Other Military Deaths - Afghanistan: 1,105 We find this morning's cost of war passing through: $ 1, 482, 616, 500, 000 .00 Although not really a Veteran's Issue, I can't resist posting the latest news about the NSA. Seems like we've managed to annoy the French with our spying, to the point where the US Ambassador to France was summoned to the Foreign Ministry for an explanation. In the diplomatic world, that is significant. We used to rail against this sort of thing when Bush did it - what happened?
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Going to put this up here as it seems that Bob's Blog is not auto-posting this morning. Continue reading...
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Stupid People on Tape
Author: velveeta jones
Date: 10/20/2013 13:55:30
Good morning dear readers. I thought we'd catch up on some news items that got missed this morning. Specifically, those that deal with ... well, let's just say, people who would be a loathsome match for you if you met them on eHarmony or Christian Mingle.
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Fall Foliage
Author: TriSec
Date: 10/19/2013 12:42:31
Ok, so the shutdown has been done to death. I also do not have any prepared material for this morning.
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I hate politicians, they're all the same. I hate politics, it's a dirty game. I hate DC, it's filled with swine. 'I hate the government', so many whine. They hate it all until they need it. Sometimes, they don't even know they need it. Continue reading...
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It's finally over. This national embarrasment and manufactured crisis was totally avoidable, yet avoiding it wasn't really in their plans. After all the failed bills, after all the posturing, after all the billions lost, we are right where we would have been had Speaker Boehner let a "clean" bill come to the floor back when he first had the opportunity. The Senate passed the bi-partisan bill yesterday afternoon with a strong margin. It was truly bipartisan, thanks to several smart and level-headed women. Boehner knew his bluff had been called, so he laid down his cards and backed away from the table. The bill passed the House last night by a healthy margin.
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Now we wait.
Author: Raine
Date: 10/16/2013 13:14:34
There really isn't much to say about any of this. It comes down to a very basic point. The GOP-led House of Republicans created this mess and are now relying on Senate Republicans, who are the minority party, to get them out of this mess. It's difficult to write about any issues of the day when there is such a large cloud hanging over the Nation. It's almost inconceivable that we are on the verge of defaulting on our debt. Yet, here we are. Less than a day away from doing just that. Continue reading...
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