Posts Tagged ‘Administration attorneys’
Obama administration defends healthcare Medicaid law
On Friday Administration attorneys defended the part of Obama’s healthcare law that would expand Medicaid for the poor and disabled and said Congress has the power to set the terms under which it will disburse funds to the states. In a written brief filed with the US Supreme Court, the attorneys disagreed with the argument by 26 states that have challenged the law that the Medicaid expansion was unprecedented and will impose a significant, onerous financial burden on the states.
Bondi: Obamacare Penalty Labeled Tax
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi said that the Administration attorneys, who presented oral arguments Wednesday in an appeal of a judge’s ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional, for the first time called the fine for noncompliance a tax.
