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Government Fails to Show Subsidies Included in Original Healthcare.gov Design

Posted on June 17, 2015 by OCTS1

In a Freedom of Information Act case currently in court, CMS (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services) has thus far failed to produce any records showing that the calculation and display of subsidies were any part of the original Obamacare … Continue reading →

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Obamacare House of Cards Will Fall in Oklahoma Suit

Posted on April 11, 2013 by OCTS1

Comment: Something like 33 states have refused to set up their own Obamacare exchanges. The plain language of the law prevents Obamacare subsidies and tax credits from flowing through federally run exchanges. The IRS rule purporting to do so is … Continue reading →

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CBO Letter Demolishes IRS’ Case in Oklahoma Suit

Posted on December 22, 2012 by OCTS3

“If a state opts… for a federal exchange… the IRS has zero authority to penalize employers there.” “Yet the IRS is attempting to issue those tax credits…  Oklahoma’s attorney general has filed suit to protect its employers from this illegal … Continue reading →

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Religious Liberty Challenge Moves Forward

Posted on December 15, 2012 by OCTS3

Comment:  The Obama administration claims that the mandate to buy health insurance—especially contraceptives, abortion-inducing drugs and sterilization–allows for future changes that will accommodate objections from religious institutions.  A federal judge says that’s not good enough. “In what a pro-life legal … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Faces Fatal New Tax Uniformity Challenge

Posted on December 7, 2012 by OCTS3

“by transforming the mandate into a tax to avoid one set of constitutional problems (Congress having exceeded its constitutionally enumerated powers), the court has created another problem. If the mandate is an indirect tax, as the Supreme Court held, then … Continue reading →

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Federal Appeals Court Blocks HHS Anti-Conscience Mandate

Posted on November 30, 2012 by OCTS3

“A federal appeals court has agreed with three U.S. district judges and blocked the enforcement of the Obamacare “mandate” that would have forced a Missouri company to pay for health insurance including abortifacients in violation of the religious beliefs of … Continue reading →

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States Can Still Kill Obamacare

Posted on November 15, 2012 by OCTS3

PART 1 “President Obama has won reelection, and his administration has asked state officials to decide by Friday, November 16, whether their state will create one of Obamacare’s health-insurance “exchanges.” States also have to decide whether to implement the law’s … Continue reading →

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Obamacare Spawns More Litigation Than Medical Treatment

Posted on October 16, 2012 by OCTS1

“More than three months after the Court’s decision, over three dozen legal challenges to the PPACA or its implementation are pending in federal courts, and more are sure to come.” “The largest set of PPACA cases are the various challenges … Continue reading →

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