Trump officials tell one court Obamacare is failing and another it's thriving

[DonViejo]

Source: Los Angeles Times


By NOAM N. LEVEY
JUL 08, 2019 | 5:00 AM| WASHINGTON

As they push a federal court to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump administration lawyers are arguing the law is no longer workable because Congress eliminated a penalty on people who don’t have health insurance.

But for months, senior administration officials and lawyers have been making the exact opposite case in other settings, a review of government reports, court filings and public statements made by Trump appointees shows.

In fact administration officials, including White House economists, this year repeatedly have hailed the strength of insurance marketplaces created by the 2010 law.

And in stark contrast to their claims in federal court in New Orleans, they have stressed that the 2017 legislation eliminating the so-called mandate penalty has had little to no impact on markets and consumers, let alone on the broader healthcare law, often called Obamacare or the ACA.


Read more: https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-obamacare-lawsuit-20190708-story.html

[Brainfodder]

1. That not enforcable $100/yr fine for not having health insurance?

Nothing burger non-story, stick to his corruption!

[pnwmom]

3. The fine is almost $700 per person or 2.5% of yearly income, whichever is higher.

And it's as enforceable as income tax is.

This is not a nothing burger. The mandate is critical to keeping a healthy group in the system.

[Brainfodder]

5. So it's changed?

News to me, I'd like a link please to that info?

We went through the channels when all that started and paperwork we did had $100 penalty for that listed, we wanted to know THE MANDATE!

Your quoted #'s: YIKES!

[Shrike47]

2. Like the census question, this shows the administration asserting conflicting 'facts' as needed.

Courts HATE this and will not let parties get away with it.

[sakabatou]

4. So fucking inept