Unions Get Big ObamaCare Christmas Present As Other Self-Insured Groups Get Scrooged
by Larry Bell, Forbes, 12-22-2013 - As a presumed constitutional scholar, Barack Obama should know that
while a president has authority to check the Legislative Branch by
recommending legislation to be passed by Congress, or through
presidential veto, he or she cannot legislate through executive fiat or
pick which parts of the law to comply with or decline. Article 2,
Section 3, Clause 5 of our Constitution requires that the president “…shall take care that the Laws be carefully executed.” It doesn’t limit those laws or encapsulated provisions to the particular ones that he or she likes.
In addition to delaying and rewriting key ACA provisions and carving out
a special subsidy for members of Congress, Obama’s latest
constitutional violation will exempt unions from a fee the law imposes
upon all large group health plans. That provision which appears in
Section 1341 (b)(1)(A) establishes a reinsurance program.... (link)
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