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| Obama Sues Companies for Complying with Obamacare |
| 2014-12-06 |
| h/t Donald Sensing ...Honeywell International Inc., and two smaller firms, are being sued for taking advantage of a specific provision in the ACA that allows them to lower their out-of-pocket medical expenses. Deroy Murdock at the National Review explains: These firms are complying with Obamacare, which lets them offer wellness programs to their employees. These activities help workers lose weight, quit smoking, receive regular checkups, and otherwise become healthier. As an incentive, Obamacare offers participating employees as much as a 50 percent reduction in out-of-pocket medical expenses… The comically titled “Affordable Care Act” requires that employees in these programs undergo medical tests to qualify for lower premiums. Unfortunately, such exams violate the Americans with Disabilities Act. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #9 Same needs to be for entries in the federal register. Expire in 5 years, unless opened for public review and re-approved. Or, president can sign a "decline to review" statement which drops the review and drops the regulation. Basically its all about making it systematic for laws and regulations to go away - scraping the barnacles off the ship of state, as it were. Thats the major problem now: programs, regs and laws are basically forever. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-12-06 20:53 |
| #8 OS, I would have all laws have the 5 year sunset provision. A bill can be raised to a 10 year by 2/3 vote of both houses. If a law is needed still, congress can write a new one. All laws have sunset provisions and need to be supported or they expire. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-12-06 19:08 |
| #7 All laws passed with a supermajority of both houses (2/3 + 1 vote) are exempt from expiration for ten years instead of five. There. I think that will help. You'd also have to do something about all the regulations-with-the-force-of-law and none of the representation. And the equivalent of laws made via the 'sue and settle' process. |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2014-12-06 17:02 |
| #6 We need a 3rd branch of the legislature dedicated to review and disposition - basically its job is to thin out the Federal Register, and to strike laws from the books. That and a "sunset" amendment to the constitution would be nice "No law nor regulation shall remain in force for more than 5 years. A law may be renewed by a simple majority vote of Congress after its 4th year of effect, which shall start a new 5 year period. All laws passed with a supermajority of both houses (2/3 + 1 vote) are exempt from expiration. All executive branch orders and regulations must be posted for public review and comment 6 months prior to renewal, and are subject to extinguishment after 5 years by a presidential statement of 'decline to renew'" Side effect is that congress gets completely stuck with weeding out old laws, and cannot pass new ones. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-12-06 16:40 |
| #5 Regimes like the Obama regime loves it when they have a system rigged to where they can get you on something any time they want. |
| Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 2014-12-06 14:44 |
| #4 At the very least, government personnel should themselves be subject to the laws and regulations they pass. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2014-12-06 13:23 |
| #3 Boston civil-liberties lawyer Harvey Silverglate suggests that the average American unwittingly commits up to three felonies each day… And he made that estimate before Obamacare, I don't know about the 3 felonies/day. I doubt that lawyers even know. Violation of O-Care is probably a pesky civil violation. A reflection of a federal government too big. I've often thought the legislative branch ought to be more like Texas who meet every other year for a 140 days. The reasoning is that they might do less damage by meeting less often. Texas is one of only four states whose legislatures convene in regular session every two years. Lawmakers in Texas meet in odd-numbered years only — as do legislators in Montana, Nevada and North Dakota — while those in the 46 other states hold legislative sessions yearly, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures. Another suggestion might be to mandatorily remove a law for everyone passed. I know, I'm dreaming. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2014-12-06 12:51 |
| #2 Such a wonderful law that helps all Americans! Hail teh 0ne!!! /sarc |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2014-12-06 10:58 |
| #1 Have to pass it to find out whats in it. SMH |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2014-12-06 08:41 |