Obama getting sued by Ohio over excessive Obamacare taxation

Looks like the Obama administration has another Obamacare lawsuit on its hands:

WLWT – Warren County and the state of Ohio have filed a lawsuit against the federal government over the Affordable Care Act.

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and Warren County officials announced the lawsuit at a news conference on Monday morning.

“This tax assessment by the Obama Administration is an unprecedented attempt to destroy the balance of authority between the federal government and the states,” DeWine said. “The $5.3 million Ohio is being taxed is money that could be used for education, public safety, and roads and bridges. The states are not the federal government’s tax collectors, and the Obama Administration should refund these illegal taxes immediately.”

Warren County faces certain fees because it is self-insured, but uses a third-party administrator for core health care services. Self-insured entities that also self-administer are exempt from the fees.

The county says the fees are $63 for employees and dependents for 2015, with the per person charge estimated at $44 for 2016, and $27 for 2017.

Warren County’s plan covers about 1,808 employees and dependents, which means it is being taxed $113,904 in 2015, $79,552 in 2016, and $48,816 in 2017.

In a news release, Warren County Commissioners said they opted to make the initial payment of $94,710 on Jan. 15 because the ACA’s penalty for non-compliance is $100 per day, per covered life — or just over $180,000 per day.

“The Obama administration has to understand that we don’t work for them – county government is a government for the tax-paying county citizens,” said David Young, Warren County Board of Commissioners President, in the news release. “We, the county commissioners, as all local county officials should, operate and fight for the honest and effective governing of county tax payer money.”

“The Obama Administration’s cavalier approach to funding the Affordable Care Act is reckless, risky, unethical and, we believe, unconstitutional,” Young said.


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