Uh... we should be thanking *Bernie Sanders and Ron Wyden* for single payer in America.

[MADem]

183. States' Rights--like I said, it's a two-edged sword.

DOMA effectively prevented large swathes of the population from either exercising a right available to others or receiving benefits that would accrue as a consequence of matrimony; e.g. the military (DADT--marriage was regarded as a "tell" in that equation), federal employees who couldn't avail themselves of benefits available to married people (e.g. health benefits, overseas housing, etc.). It was, in effect, a prohibition.

Now, we know damn well that the federal government can't "prevent" a state from doing whatever the hell they want in this regard (what are they gonna do? Send in the troops to the "Green Mountain State?" Hold doctors hostage unless they demand insurance cards?) but they CAN withhold dollars, and all this waiver does is stop that "dollar foolishness" from going down.