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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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Federal Legislation, Health Care, Legal Limit, State Sovereignty Tagged With: aca, attorney general, attorneys general, congress, defund, governor, governors, health care law, insurance exchanges, irs, jon bruning, jonathan adler, lawsuit, legislators, litigation, michael cannon, nfib v sebelius, obamacare, oklahoma, ppaca, state senators

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Originally published April 20, 2013, By Shellinda. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

Senator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

District 10 GOP Senator Bob Krist withdrew as co-introducer of the bill aimed at an extensive expansion of Nebraska’s largest welfare program. So, now what? Read full articleSenator Bob Krist Withdraws As Co-Introducer of Medicaid Expansion Bill (LB577)

Filed Under: Health Care, Medicaid, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: aca, bob krist, cedars youth services, douglas county republican party, greg adams, Health Care, health care law, heath mello, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, lb577, legislative debate, legislative journal, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska, nebraska medicaid, negop, obamacare, one world clinic, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, sara howard

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Originally published April 18, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 1 Comment

Nebraska Medicaid Expansion: LB577 in Limbo

Just how much of the health care law will be implemented in Nebraska now depends in large measure1 The extent to which implementation of the health care law in the state will occur doesn’t rest solely upon the question of whether or not …continue on what the events in the Unicameral Tuesday and Wednesday actually […]

Filed Under: Featured, Medicaid, State Legislation Tagged With: aca, filibuster, greg adams, health care law, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, ken schilz, lb577, lincoln journal star, medicaid, medicaid expansion, nebraska medicaid, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, Unicameral

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Originally published March 5, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

Are Nebraskans Giving In On ObamaCare? If so, why?!

Nebraskans, your action is NECESSARY. Please see the bottom of the article for: FLYER to download, read, share, print, and distribute Recommendations Are YOU among the majority of Nebraskans opposed to “ObamaCare”? If so, YOU should be keenly interested in the Medicaid Expansion bill, LB577, and alerting people you know to WAKE UP now about […]

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Ben Nelson, Featured, Governor, Health Care, Nebraska, Republican Party, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: attorney general, Ben Nelson, cornhusker kickback, dave heineman, dump daschle, health care law, historic election results, incumbents, jeremy nordquist, jon bruning, lb577, medicaid expansion, nebraska senators, obamacare, omaha world herald, opinion polls health care nebraska, owh polling, patient protection and affordable care act, ppaca, re-election, south dakota, state legislature, tom daschle, Unicameral, vote for cloture

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

Originally published March 1, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. 3 Comments

NEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

I am in receipt of your recent Chairman’s Report update, and would like to report an injury; I have some bruising of the chin area, sustained when my jaw hit the floor from incredulity. This from the state Republican Party chairman whose senators own a super majority in the legislature, the same legislature that is about to pass without serious debate, challenge, or objection, a huge increase in the Nebraska Medicaid entitlement program?  Read full articleNEGOP: Help us understand how you differ from Democrats

Filed Under: 2012 Election, Budget, Constitution, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Health Care, Republican Party, Ruling Class, Senators, State Legislation Tagged With: campaign issues, chairman's report, colby coash, election issues, electoral college, federal deficit, federal funding, health care implementation, jeremy nordquist, kathy campbell, lb577 nebraska, lb599, mark fahleson, medicaid expansion, nebraska budget, nebraska electoral votes, nebraska legislature, nebraska medicaid, nebraska republicans, negop, negop scc, obamacare, party politics, ppaca, repeal obamacare, republican party, republican super majority, state spending, stop obamacare, Unicameral

The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

Originally published February 22, 2013, By Shelli Dawdy. Updated July 21, 2015. Leave a Comment

The Myth of Nebraska’s Sovereignty Resolution (10th Amendment)

It’s both incredibly ironic and highly appropriate for me to be writing this article at this time. As February 2010 neared its end, I was very tired, but excited about GiN’s ongoing effort in support of what most people would identify as the State Sovereignty or Tenth Amendment Resolution. That resolution, LR539 1 Note that […]

Filed Under: Bailouts, Budget, Featured, Government Spending, Governor, Nebraska, Republican Party, Senators, State Legislation, State Sovereignty, Stimulus, Tenth Amendment, Unicameral Tagged With: 2010, american recovery and reinvestment act, arra, dave heineman, federal encroachment, health care law, lr539, medicaid expansion, ne 10th amendment, nebraska, nebraska health care, nebraska sovereignty resolution, obamacare, ppaca, real id act of 2005, south dakota v dole, state legislature, state sovereignty, state sovereignty for sale, stimulus, Tenth Amendment, tony fulton, unfunded mandates, Unicameral

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 […]

Filed Under: Character, Civil Society, Featured, Federal Legislation, Health Care, Personal Responsibility, Private Enterprise Tagged With: catastrophic health insurance, catastrophic medical costs, comprehensive medical care, congress health care, cost of health care, cost of medical care, costs of health care, direct payments for health care, doctor patient relationship, doctors and patients, education and health care reconciliation act of 2010, government control of health care, government interference, government run health care, Health Care, health care economy, health care in stimulus bill, health care law, health care middlemen, health care providers, health care reform, health care services, health care supreme court, health care system, health care third parties, how health care is provided, individual mandate, insurance for health care, interference of third parties in health care, june supreme court decision, mandatory minimum coverage, medical care, medical insurance, medicine as a calling, medicine as profession, obamacare, patient protection and affordable care act, patient responsibility, personal responsibility, ppaca, removing government from health care, single payer, supreme court decision health care, supreme court health care, supreme court health care ruling, supreme court justices, supreme court ruling on health care, the family doctor, thomas sowell, traditional medicine, u.s. supreme court

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