States Preparing To Surrender On ObamaCare

by JASmius



Just to follow up on the gallows King v. Burwell discussion in the last post, two States, with more to probably follow, are moving toward "pretty easy workarounds" if the case doesn't go the "right" way: Creating their own cartels after all.

Sort of:

Two States have announced backup plans in the event that the Supreme Court strikes down ObamaCare subsidies this month, and other states are also considering their options, the Hill reported.

Pennsylvania and Delaware announced they would launch their own [cartel]s if necessary to continue receiving millions of healthcare funds — while at the same time continuing to use portions of the federal healthcare exchange, such as its website and call center.

i.e. Having their O-Care cake and eating it too.  Or "having it both ways".

If the plans are approved, other States could use the templates to follow suit.

"I think that's a pretty easy workaround," Tom Scully, former director of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) under the Bush administration, told the Hill.

"The administration has a lot of flexibility, potentially, to define a State exchange." [emphasis added]

Lotta Astroglide in that term "potentially".  What was the point of King v. Burwell if the Regime has "a lot of flexibility"?  Isn't that unconstitutional, Article I/Section 1-eviscerating "flexibility" where King v. Burwell came from in the first place?

What we see coalescing here is simply the next extralegal ObamaCare scam.  The only difference is that now, some States will be in on it.

How that will become so is today's punchline:

According to the Hill, many of the thirty-four, and possibly thirty-seven, States that would be affected have been working on contingency plans if the Obama administration loses its case. And more and more states are considering the purchase of ObamaCare technology from the government so they can keep their subsidies. [emphasis added]

Because healthcare.gov is, and has been, SUCH a well-oiled machine up until now.

To quote America's Constitution Authority, "Oy".