2016 Postmortem
Related: About this forumMemo to Eric Cantor: Congress can't repeal the full health care law through reconciliation.
By Igor Volsky on Jun 28, 2012 at 4:30 pm
2) Congress cant repeal the full law through reconciliation. Without the necessary 60 votes in the Senate for full repeal, Republicans are pledging to use a budget reconciliation bill to undo the ACA. But this process would only apply to the budget-related elements of the law and would thus leave many portions including the mandate intact. As health care expert Robert Laszewski put it, Romney could end up creating a chaotic environment driven by enormous uncertainty over just which parts of the new health care law would be implementedfor consumers, health care providers, and insurers.
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1) Romney has no authority to issue waivers. Romney has promised to expand a provision of the Affordable Care Act that allows states to opt out of certain sections of the law to permit states to ignore it entirely. But the executive branch and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) likely dont have the authority to grant such broad waivers. According to the law, HHS (together with the IRS) have waiver authority, but only if the states meet very specific requirements. Neither have blanket waiver authority, which would have to come from Congress. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) the author of the waiver provision has challenged Romneys claims, saying, Anybody who tries to move outside the standards of the bill which is the coverage and costs and the like well Ill certainly fight that. But I think lots of other people will too.
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http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/06/28/508503/4-reasons-why-republicans-wont-be-able-to-repeal-obamacare/
DCBob
(24,689 posts)Their typical MO lately. Sick bastards.
greymattermom
(5,754 posts)I think the red states where people would support this idea will all be using the federal plan because their governors will refuse to create state plans. How can they opt out of that?
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)morning that parents will not be able to pick their baby's doctor.
How they (MoJoe) let him get away with saying that is beyond me.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)Last edited Fri Jun 29, 2012, 03:02 PM - Edit history (1)
Swede Atlanta
(3,596 posts)That the mandate itself may not be subject to repeal under reconciliation but now that the actual amount to be paid in the event of failure to secure insurance is classified as a tax, hey could simply reduce the amount to $0.00 under reconciliation. This would make the mandate null and void.
flpoljunkie
(26,184 posts)to buy health care insurance and choose not to do so will be required to pay a tax penalty.
backscatter712
(26,355 posts)Does the GOP have a 2/3 majority in both houses? Didn't think so.