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still_one

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2. They are arguing that since they effectively took out the individual mandate zeroing out a tax penal

Reply to BigmanPigman (Original post)

Sat Sep 19, 2020, 08:02 PM

Sep 2020

they claim the coverage requirement is unconstitutional, making the rest of the ACA also unlawful

The argument ignores that Congress' choice to leave the ACA intact when it zeroed out the tax penalty.

I would like to think they don't have a very strong case, but who knows anymore

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How long, realistically, will the ACA be dropped completely [View all] BigmanPigman Sep 2020 OP

This is important. n/t Laelth Sep 2020 #1

They are arguing that since they effectively took out the individual mandate zeroing out a tax penal still_one Sep 2020 #2

The buzz is that Kavanaugh interprets it that way... Drunken Irishman Sep 2020 #4

That tweet is nonsensical intrepidity Sep 2020 #3

I actually don't think that will happen. Demsrule86 Sep 2020 #5

a couple of things dsc Sep 2020 #6

ACA rso Sep 2020 #7

People do understand ALL Americans lose preexisting clause protection and caps, right? Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #8

I didn't know that! BigmanPigman Sep 2020 #10

ACA applies to all insurance...always has. You get preventive care for free, for instance, not Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #11

Have they plans to replace the ACA, or just let it run out like Social Security/Medicare? Budi Sep 2020 #9

This time next year they will be killing SS and Medicare Eliot Rosewater Sep 2020 #12

Yup, we sure dodged a bullet in 2016! 🤪 Budi Sep 2020 #13