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Though, does that mean people could come back, file another case or is this case closed? >> i think with regard to challenging the individual mandate this will be case closed. if they dont have standing theres really nobody left. by eliminating the tax theres no real case or controversy. nobody suffers any injury result of the mandate provision. we will still continue to see challenges chipping away at other provisions like contraceptive coverage and other kinds of things. the existence of the a...

Mandate at the heart of the aca requiring that all americans have health insurance should be struck down as unconstitutional and the whole law thrown out with it. but even some conservative justices werent buying it, saying they could strike down just the mandate, leaving the rest of the law in place. justice brett kavanaugh -- >> it does seem fairly clear that the proper remedy would be to sever the mandate provision and leave the rest of the act in place, the provisions regarding pre-existing ...

Headquarters go offshore. >> the sort of wildcard thats been introduced, at least on the senate side, is bringing obamacare into it, bringing the individual health care mandate, health insurance mandate of obamacare. the senate -- now, the idea, as i understand it on the senate side, you repeal it and youre going to save a lot of money. that money can get rolled into some of the tax deductions, and it also looks like it has the makings of a real political hot potato here. we saw why health care,...

Have poured gasoline onto the fire. if boehner thought he could satisfy the lions in the party to impeach the president with a lawsuit it didnt work as sarah palin made clear on fox news, the lawsuit is a weak effort at best. >> americans, congress, those who are concerned about protecting our constitution and using the one tool that congress does have are to halt what is going on -- this lawlessness from the top -- the one tool they have are articles of impeachment. lets get going on that. its ...

Did the inherent authority of hss secretary kathleen sebelius and added of transition policy in assessing whether to extend it. questioning the constitutionality of it all. >> im highly skeptical that they can do this administrativ administratively. i just dont see within the law their ability to do that. >> i wonder if he has the legal authority to do this since this is a true congressional bill. >> reporter: this past summer when the mandate provision his aide cited the authority again without...

Victory for the supreme court upholding the mandate provision of the affordable health act, which is now law. and it essentially saved what most people thought was going to be, certainly the mandate would be ruled unconstitutional. it was not. eric? , around the table most of us said with the exception of me, of course, said it would go down. >> eric: you definitely called int right. taxes, $600 billion in new taxes. it should be called not obama care but obamas healthcare tax going forward. >> ...

Law. it does involve some degree of rationing. at that point, dont you consume less? >> no, it doesnt. not to a great degree. >> i dont know. >> theres an outcry over rationing. >> i think there was a degree of rationing -- listen. >> i mean, this thing is a monstrosity. its bazillions of pages. >> you would have to kill the whole thing. >> i think so. >> i believe the medicare provision kicks in to sell your house or whatever $200,000 is the surtax, 3.8% that goes to medicare. i think thats unu...

Selling your house for $200s in profit and an added percentage goes to dare care, right? >>guest: right. unearned income of any sort including profit on your house is taxed at 3.8 percent to pay for this. >>neil: what if the administration upped the tax to make up for the mandate provision. >>guest: here is the courts decision. it can strike down the mandate and some of the related insurance rules such as no pre-existing conditions or it can declare the entire law null and void as judge roger di...