It should be no surprise to anyone who pays attention
that Attorney General Roy Cooper announced he is planning to run for governor
of North Carolina in 2016. This man has continuously
used the public office as a platform for his own personal ambition.
A couple of years ago, Mr. Cooper refused to protect
the citizens of North Carolina from a federal government overreach known as
Obamacare. Here is his reasoning:
"This office should not attempt to enforce
state legislation that clearly violates federal law," Cooper said in an
interview with The Associated Press. "Another issue is unintended
consequences. While it is unenforceable as to federal law, it could be enforceable
as to existing state law."
"State legislatures cannot pick and choose which federal laws the state will obey," Cooper wrote to Perdue, pointing to federal rules requiring body scans of pat downs at airports about which many North Carolina residents complain. "The same principle applies here as with other federal laws, even those laws we don't like or agree with.
"State legislatures cannot pick and choose which federal laws the state will obey," Cooper wrote to Perdue, pointing to federal rules requiring body scans of pat downs at airports about which many North Carolina residents complain. "The same principle applies here as with other federal laws, even those laws we don't like or agree with.
Well, Attorney General Cooper, why don’t you ask the
citizens about the rate increases that are sending shock waves throughout our state? Here are
a couple of people who will not agree with the federal law you refused to fight
against:
Across North Carolina,
thousands of people have been shocked in recent weeks to find out their health
insurance plans will be canceled at the end of the year – and premiums for
comparable coverage could increase sharply.
One of them is George
Schwab of Charlotte, who pays $228 a month for his family’s $10,000 deductible
plan from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina.
In a Sept. 23 letter,
Blue Cross notified him that his current plan doesn’t meet benefit requirements
outlined in the Affordable Care Act and suggested a comparable plan for $1,208
a month – $980 more than he now pays.
“I’m 62 and retired,”
Schwab said. “This creates a tremendous financial burden for our family.
“The President told the
American people numerous times that… ‘If you like your coverage, you can keep
it,’” Schwab said. “How can we keep it if it has been eliminated? How can we
keep it if the premium has been increased 430 percent in one year?”
Schwab and others who
purchase insurance individually, and not through employer-sponsored group
plans, are finding that the Affordable Care Act may be unaffordable for their
families.
Thanks Attorney General
Roy Cooper. Your progressive politics
are working wonders for North Carolinians.
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