[url]http://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/279695-judge-rules-for-house-gop-in-obamacare-suit[/url] A win for house republicans today as senior judge appointed by George W bush sided against the obamacare ability to subsidize costs. [quote]At issue are billions of dollars paid to insurance companies participating in ObamaCare so they can reduce customers' out-of-pocket costs, such as deductibles for low-income people. The House GOP argued that the administration was unconstitutionally spending money on these payments without Congress's approval. But the administration said it did not need an appropriation from Congress because the funds were already guaranteed by the healthcare reform law in the same section as its better-known tax credits that help people pay for coverage. Collyer ruled that the section only appropriated funds for tax credits and said the cost sharing reductions require a separate congressional appropriation, which the administration does not currently have. [/quote] In other news, frontier's purchase of Verizon has left many without internet. Major businesses that contract with Verizon are affected including banks and my office right now (;-;) it's been down since two yesterday but as I'm writing this it seems to have been turned back on.