Breaking: Group's Lawsuit Seeks To Void Health Care Law

[Tx4obama]

Group's Lawsuit Seeks To Void Health Care Law

October 30, 2013, 6:34 PM EDT8

MILWAUKEE (AP) -- A conservative group filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday seeking to have the federal health care law declared unconstitutional, arguing that the government postponed its so-called employer mandate without the necessary congressional approval.

The lawsuit came the same day that a congressional panel grilled Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of Health and Human Services, over problems that overwhelmed the government website intended to help people shop for health insurance.

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons is seeking to have the health care law overturned. The group is seizing on a provision that was supposed to go into effect next year but ultimately was postponed for 12 months. That provision requires employers with 50 or more workers to offer affordable coverage or face fines, but it's been put off until 2015.

That employer mandate was originally to go into effect at the same time as a mandate requiring individuals to carry health insurance or pay fines. The lawsuit argues that since the two aspects have been separated, people will now have to spend more on premiums because they'll be required to buy insurance without the "protection" of the employer mandate.

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Full article here: http://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/group-s-lawsuit-seeks-to-void-health-care-law

[Keefer]

1. A different lawsuit:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/court-could-block-obamacare-subsidies-in-34-states-2013-10-25

I'm posting from my cell phone and don't have time to quote any of the article. Basically, this lawsuit is trying to get the court to agree that in two separate sections of the ACA, it says a subsidy is only available through a state exchange, not the federal exchange. I hope this doesn't grow legs.