Replies to post #793647 on Fannie Mae-No Politics (FNMA)

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The BO suit re ACA -

1. Had nothing to do with F and F - nothing (again if any POTUS can redirect money - DJT would have built a huge wall)

2. Was very small and had to do with one aspect of say 30-40 rules in the ACA - where insurance companies reimbursed hospitals which forgave deductibles and copays for poor patients. That is the law as written. But the R who sued were correct that money spent that way was not 100% specified in the final version of the written ACA legislation. So that one small aspect - friendly to about 1% of those on ACA - was killed. That was the key ruling

AND YES - as we all have learned in last 25 years - there is a limit to EO and FEDERAL power and the ACA and BO could not require states to participate in the expanded Medicaid to help working poor (the focus of the expansion - those who work and can not get Medicaid but while they work - they do not earn enough to pay premiums - lots of small business start ups) . I believe near 20 states brought the lawsuit - of which 11 or so now do offer the expanded Medicaid