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The President (or his subordinates) can rewrite a law if the law in question says he can. I'm not going to comb through the text to find out if this one does. If it doesn't, I expect it will be litigated. No coronation required.
The President (or his subordinates) can rewrite a law if the law in question says he can. I'm not going to comb through the text to find out if this one does. If it doesn't, I expect it will be litigated. No coronation required.
So, one day before a major holiday with the President out of the country, we find out that "it has been decided" that the implementation of the employer mandate (to provide health care to employees) has been postponed for another year.
Can Obama break his own law?
This part of the law was supposed to take effect in January of 2014.
Honestly, do you think the Dems in Congress are going to demand that the employer mandate stay on track for 1/2014 ?
The Washington Post is dismissing this action as "no big deal".
I thought it was a big deal that everyone had health insurance.
I thought it was a major point that employers would be forced to either provide insurance or pay a penalty.
A law is usually only a legal framework. The REAL meat on the bones is the rulemaking process and where all the ups and downs of implementation come into play. Obamacare rules most likely have some sort of caveat in there that allow the government to play with implementation guidelines, usually leaving the discretion up to the Secretary of HHS.
Does Obama have the legal authority to delay the mandate? The Affordable Care Act is quite clear as to the effective date of the employer mandate. “The amendments made by this section shall apply to months beginning after December 31, 2013,” concludes Section 1513.
"only a legal framework." This looks pretty specific to me, "shall apply", and NOT just a "framework"
The propaganda was that it was great and a few minor kinks - nothing like delaying the essential provision. This is a 180 meant to help the Imperial President's party in the 2014 midterm.
Perhaps you should look into what the order does.
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