Kent Masterson Brown filed the Petition for Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc yesterday. Mr. Brown wrote, Already, the United States Court of Appeals, on its own motion, has directed the Government fifteen days within which to file a response. This is the first indication the Court may well grant our Motion for a [...]
It was with mixed emotion that we received the news that the US Court of Appeals upheld the US District Court opinion finding against Brian Hall and his co-plaintiffs. Brian Hall wishes to not be enrolled in Medicare, Part A, the Hospital Insurance. Unfortunately, he and every other person who enrolls for their Social Security [...]
Great news! All of the Medicare Lawsuit briefs have been submitted to the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, and we are on track for oral arguments on October 13, 2011. Our lawsuit argues that “entitlements” are not “mandates” and that retirees should be able to receive Social Security Retirement benefits without being forced [...]
Washington, DC – Attorneys for Brian Hall and his co-plaintiffs filed the final document in the US Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, today. The response to the governments’ arguments makes it clear that Medicare is an “entitlement” and not a “mandate.” As such, retirees should not be forced into Medicare as a condition of [...]
Washington, DC – The plaintiffs in Hall v. Sebelius, the “Medicare Lawsuit” filed their appeal after a surprising loss in the Washington, DC Us District Court. The Medicare lawsuit challenges the guidelines published in the procedure manual used to administer Social Security and Medicare entitlements. The current procedure forces retirees who receive Social Security Retirement [...]
Today Senator DeMint introduced a new bill, the Retirement Freedom Act, which would decouple Social Security from Medicare and allow those entitled to Medicare to enroll and disenroll without pentalty. Their press release: http://demint.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=PressReleases&ContentRecord_id=60cc1f52-b794-4b06-b03e-821ebeaac7cc
June 16, 2011, marks the third anniversary of our founding. Since 2008 the Medicare Lawsuit has been our focus through which we are fighting to restore your right to opt out of Medicare Hospital Insurance without foregoing your Social Security benefits. Court of Appeals Update We have been notified that we must file our first Court of [...]
Indirect mention of the Medicare Lawsuit by Thomas Sowell … http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/264411/another-spending-cut-plan-thomas-sowell
Quin Hillyer of The Washington Times wrote an excellent editorial, “HILLYER: Medicare at the point of a gun – Judge shoots legal and logical blanks” which was published April 1, 2011. Federal judges disagree with each other all the time. However, it is rare for a judge to disagree utterly with herself and rarer still [...]
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