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01-02-2014, 05:24 PM
11 GOP Attorneys General Say Obamacare Fix Is Illegal (http://news.yahoo.com/11-gop-attorneys-general-obamacare-204600077.html)
The White House is facing legal backlash from 11 Republican attorneys general who say the President is breaking the law by making changes to Obamacare without first going through Congress.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey sent a letter (http://www.wvago.gov/pdf/WV%20Attorney%20General%20-%20ACA%20Rule%20Comments%20CMS%209954-P.pdf) on Thursday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius criticizing the president’s latest executive action that allowed insurance companies to continue offering plans that had been cancelled. The letter, signed by attorneys general from Republican-dominated states including Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, called the rule change “flatly illegal under federal constitutional and statutory law.”
“We support allowing citizens to keep their health insurance coverage, but the only way to fix this problem-ridden law is to enact changes lawfully: through Congressional action,” the letter said. “The illegal actions by this administration must stop.”
The White House is facing legal backlash from 11 Republican attorneys general who say the President is breaking the law by making changes to Obamacare without first going through Congress.
West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey sent a letter (http://www.wvago.gov/pdf/WV%20Attorney%20General%20-%20ACA%20Rule%20Comments%20CMS%209954-P.pdf) on Thursday to Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius criticizing the president’s latest executive action that allowed insurance companies to continue offering plans that had been cancelled. The letter, signed by attorneys general from Republican-dominated states including Alabama, Georgia, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas and Virginia, called the rule change “flatly illegal under federal constitutional and statutory law.”
“We support allowing citizens to keep their health insurance coverage, but the only way to fix this problem-ridden law is to enact changes lawfully: through Congressional action,” the letter said. “The illegal actions by this administration must stop.”