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Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

Originally published September 12, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Ruling: State Lawsuit Against Illegal ObamaCare IRS Rule Can Proceed

On August 11, 2013, a federal judge ruled that the State of Oklahoma has standing to proceed with a lawsuit challenging an Internal Revenue Service rule issued in May 2012 regarding premium subsidies in the form of tax credits and penalties delivered through the Affordable Care Act’s insurance exchange provisions. Oklahoma’s Attorney General Scott Pruitt […]

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Letter to Senator Johanns: Will Republicans Just Repeat Debt Limit Mistake?

Originally published December 7, 2012, By Norlyn. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Letter to Senator Johanns: Will Republicans Just Repeat Debt Limit Mistake?

This letter was sent to Senator Johanns on November 12, 2012. Dear Senator Johanns, As I wrote you earlier, if the Republicans caved on the debt limit issue they would pay a price at election time. Well, the party leadership not only caved, they compounded their foolishness by agreeing to automatic future budget cuts that […]

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GiN Editorial in Journal Star: Governor needs to use LB599 veto to draw a line

Originally published April 13, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

GiN Editorial in Journal Star: Governor needs to use LB599 veto to draw a line

Readers are referred to a Local View column published today, April 13, 2012, in the Lincoln Journal-Star that was co-written by Shelli and me.  In the article, we argue that Governor Heineman should use the opportunity presented by his veto of LB599 to draw a line against the Unicameral’s profligate spending.  I recommend that readers […]

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Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

Originally published April 5, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 8 Comments

Pumping Up Politics, Prices: Transcanada Keystone XL Pipeline

From my article of November 2, 2011, “TransCanada Trojan Horse: Keystone XL Pipeline Will Increase Gas Prices“: “The TransCanada Keystone Xl pipeline project will result in increased gas and diesel prices in 15 Midwestern States – to the detriment of those states’ citizens and economies.” While I continue to ponder the question… How much more […]

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Golden Oldie: Past Shows Us How Health Care OUGHT to Be

Originally published April 2, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Golden Oldie: Past Shows Us How Health Care OUGHT to Be

As of Friday, nine people know the outcome of the states’ lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of Congress’ inaptly named “Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,” a/k/a Obamacare. The Justices voted at a closed-door conference, but we won’t know what they concluded until June. They and their clerks will spend the time between now and June […]

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Lies, Health Care, and Uninsure-able Statistics

Originally published March 30, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 6 Comments

Lies, Health Care, and Uninsure-able Statistics

On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court, heard oral arguments regarding the constitutionality of the individual mandate, the single most talked-about provision contained in the health care “reform” act passed by a deeply divided Congress in 2010. Listening to the audio and reading the transcript was a textbook example of the “echo chamber effect,” which, in […]

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Individual Mandate Penalty a Tax? If YES – Then What?

Originally published March 28, 2012, By Linda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Individual Mandate Penalty a Tax? If YES – Then What?

Editor’s Note: For an overview of the health care case oral arguments at the Supreme Court, click HERE. “Nothing is certain but death and taxes,” they say. Unfortunately, there’s some UNcertainty about what is, and is not, a tax at the U.S. Supreme Court, and Monday we all got a chance to listen in on […]

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Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Health Care: From Outside the Chamber

Originally published March 28, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

Supreme Court Oral Arguments on Health Care: From Outside the Chamber

I’ve been fascinated in listening to the oral arguments at the Supreme Court (click HERE for basic information about the argument schedule and subjects to be covered). But, I’ve also been frustrated. It’s as if I am a child, out in a corridor, listening to a conversation coming from inside a room. It’s a strange […]

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US Supreme Court Health Care Arguments: The Basics

Originally published March 26, 2012, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 2 Comments

US Supreme Court Health Care Arguments: The Basics

UPDATES noted in red: Last update, Sunday, April 1 @2:46pm The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on health care “reform” cases in three sessions on three days this week, beginning today, Monday, March 26. The Supreme Court’s ruling on the case, widely expected in June of this year, is of obvious historic importance, […]

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Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

Originally published December 6, 2011, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Health Care Reform: Republicans Helping Implementation (For Our Own Good)

“The essence of Government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to abuse.” ~ James Madison, 1829 So, all quiet on the health care front? Definitely not. There were recent news reports about the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to consolidate and hear several health care law […]

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