ObamaCare Law Suit Over "Death Panels"? : 2012 Election - Voters Must Like It

If one would want to identify what a progressive socialist liberal government looks like, one would not have to go any further then this panel, more effectively known as "death panels". Of course, it's not much different then what the EPA or the DOJ is doing right now.

But not to worry, the people have decided it was okay to have others decide whether you live or die as you are the ones that voted to make it happen, remember? 2012?

Another Lawsuit Challenging ObamaCare
Source: Tom Coburn and Phil Roe, "A Bad Provision Even by ObamaCare Standards," Wall Street Journal, December 3, 2014.

December 9, 2014

Among the many lawsuits challenging Obamacare is Coons v. Lew, a case contending the Independent Payment Advisory Board (IPAB) -- a creation of the Affordable Care Act -- is unconstitutional.

IPAB is a 15-person board whose job is to make recommendations to keep Medicare costs down. Senator Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) and Congressman Phil Roe (R-Tenn.) explain how the board works:

• To control Medicare costs, Medicare must lower reimbursements to doctors or make fewer services eligible for Medicare reimbursement.
• The president appoints the 15 members, but the Health and Human Services secretary can exercise IPAB's powers if the Senate doesn't confirm the IPAB nominees.
• IPAB can only issue "recommendations," but those recommendations become law unless they are blocked by Congress.
• IPAB's actions are protected from judicial review.

The plaintiffs in Coons v. Lew have asked the Supreme Court to hear their case, calling IPAB "a group of unelected and unaccountable administrative officials who exercise an unprecedented amount of unchecked authority over the health care industry."