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staykids9 · 6 years ago

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85 Questions

I was tagged by @najaemiq thank youuuu!

rules: answer these 85 statements about yourself, then tag 20 people

last

1. drink - water

2. phone call - my dad

3. text message - my friend @vxvxznnz

4. song you listened to - Lucky One by EXO

5. time you cried - yesterday because Jae was graduating ASC and Kevin sent that video message

ever

6. dated someone twice? - no

7. kissed someone and regretted it - nope

8. been cheated on - no

9. lost someone special - yes

10. been depressed - yep all the time

11. gotten drunk and thrown up - nope but almost

fave colors

12. BLACK

13. uuh...turquois

14. ehmmm white?

in the last year have you...

15. made new friends - yep

16. fallen out of love - not really

17. laughed until you cried - yes all the time

18. found out someone talking about you - yes

19. met someone who changed you - yes

20. found out who your friends are - YES

21. kissed someone on your facebook friends list - no

general

22. how many of your facebook friends do you know irl - I think everyone idk I wasn’t on facebook for quite a long time

23. do you have any pets - yES, 4 dogs

24. do you want to change your name - idk...this may seem funny but I can’t really say my name I have difficulties pronouncing it XD so maybe just because of that...?

25. what did you do for your last birthday - I HAD A SWEET 16 PARTY!!! Okay this may seem weird for Americans but in Europe we don’t really have sweet 16 parties (well I just can talk about where I live so let’s say for my friends and family) so it was something special for me because a) I was in the US and b) I turned 16 :3

26. what time did you wake up today - 11 am

27. what were you doing at midnight last night - I looked at tumblr posts about the 3 new SMRookies

28. what is something you can’t wait for - all the comebacks there are now sdiuhsusdvisu I will die and maybe going on a Stray Kids (or any other Kpop group I stan) fansign or concert

29. there was no number 29

30. what are you listening to right now - Holup by Bobby

31. have you ever talked to a person named Tom - hmmm don’t think so?

32. something that gets on your nerves - uuGH so much. But mostly people that are disgusting like poke their nose in public and then eat it eW or people that won’t shut tf up even if you tell them to shut up ugh omg I could continue this forever

33. most visited website - probably tumblr and youtube at the moment

34. hair color - brunette but depends in summertime i’m more blonde and in winter I’m more brown-ish

35. long or short hair - I have now short hair like Felix but idk if I want it to be longer..XD

36. do you have a crush on someone - yes and no not just famous people/Kpop idols uuugh Klara has a crush this is something very new to all of you but no I won’t talk about my crush don’t ask me questions

37. what do you like about yourself - I like my eyes and sometimes even my hair when it does what I say and doesn’t look like a bird’s nest

38. want any piercings - yES i want a helix and also 2 upper lopes on one side and 1 upper lope on the other...but I would love to have an industrial, an orbital and a tragus ok Klara stop your poor ears

39. blood type - I have no idea...but I think A why does everybody know their blood type

40. nicknames - Froschki (I explained that in another post I think but basically my dad calls me like this because when I was a baby I looked like a frog while I was sleeping), Duša (by my grandma and it means soul...it’s weird in English but it makes sense in Croatian)...I have some more but I can’t remember any more XD

41. relationship status - single too busy with Kpop for a relationship

42. zodiac - pisces

43. pronouns - she/her

44. fave tv show - TOO MUCH but I like:

Supernatural

Teen Wolf

Sherlock

American Horror Story

Attack on Titan

Shadowhunters (but I like the books more)

and some Korean TV Shows and Kdramas

45. tattoos - I don’t have any but I rly want some

46. right or left handed - right handed but I used to be left handed but the dumb teacher forced me to write with my right hand and now I can write only with my right hand

47. ever had surgery - nope

48. piercings - I have standard lobes on both sides

49. sport - I did zumba and dancing for a year, horse riding for 2 years and kickboxing for 3 years and now I dance but more at home and not professionally

50. vacation - I was in Germany (well it wasn’t rly vacation but then again it was), Czech Republic (the same as Germany), Slovakia (same as the two before), Austria, Slovenia, Italy, Croatia (almost every year), Bosnia (every year I basically spend the whole summer there every year) and America (the same as Germany etc. I was there with school but it was kinda a vacation for me) I was in England but just for like 5h I didn’t leave the airport so I didn’t list it here XD

I want to go to Korea, Japan, Australia, Thailand and some cities in the US

51. trainers - I think I have 3 pairs...but not sure

more general

52. eating - I LOVE CHICKEN especially fried chicken or smth like KFC but I also like pizza and seafood

53. drinking - I like ice tea (the one in America is sweeter btw I don’t like those) and normal tea but also water OH and coffee

54. I’m about to watch - nothing ig

55. waiting for - the night when no one is awake except me and it’s quiet

56. want - to meet my friends again and spend some time with them because I miss them .-.

57. get married - well it would be nice but I don’t really have to

58. career - I want to do something with music so musician/singer something like that or anything related to languages/English (maybe teacher or something like that)

which is better

59. hugs or kisses - hugs

60. lips or eyes - eyes

61. shorter or taller - well for boyfriend taller (that’s not that hard because I’m short) and for friends/girlfriend else shorter

62. older or younger - older

63. nice arms or stomach - hmm probably stomach but arms isn’t bad either

64. hookup or relationship - relationship

65. troublemaer or hesitant - troublemaker

have you ever

66. kissed a stranger - nope

67. drank hard liquor - yep

68. lost glasses - no

69. turned someone down - yeah

70. sex on first date - nope

71. broken someone’s heart - yeah and I’m so sry

72. had your heart broken - idk not rly

73. been arrested - haha no

74. cried when someone died - yes

75. fallen for a friend - yup

do you believe in

76. yourself - pffft nope

77. miracles - not really

78. love at first sight - not rly

79. santa claus - nope

80. kiss on a first date - idk but yeah why not depends on the person

81. angels - hmm yeah kinda

other

82. best friend’s name - Vici (hi @vxctxriauniverse) and also Vivi (hi @vxvxznnz)

83. eye color - blue and a little bit of green

84. fave movie - too much but those I would think of rn are Finding Nemo, the Lion King, Infinity War if we leave out the end, Forrest Gump, Black Panther and Spider Man Homecoming

85. fave actor - Park Seojoon, Gong Yoo, Park Hyungsik, Lee Dongwook, Dylan O’Brien, Tyler Posey, Jensen Ackles, Jared Padalecki, Misha Collins, Jamie Campbell Bower, Lilly Collins, Matthew Daddario, Harry Shum Jr., Tom Holland, Benedict Cumerbatch, Daniel Sherman, Tyler Hoechlin, Ian Nelson, Evan Peters ok I’ll stop now

I’ll tag @clearlyaemae @felixthekoala @seungmin-jpeg @vxvxznnz @vxctxriauniverse @salty-hun @dibidibiday6 @the-official-pentacorn @swoontaekwoon @jeongshine @uwulix @lovholland @wowed-by-ace @spearbin @jeongin @gem360 @straymemes @strgaykids @jaeminizer and @prince-hyunjin you don’t have to do this if you don’t want to!

#tag #85 questions #this took very long idk like 2h??#anyways have fun reading it #and doing it :3

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jamieclawhorn · 6 years ago

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Forget forex trading. This is where I’d invest my money

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Which stocks should you buy?

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81o · 7 years ago

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This is a lot lol I wasn't even expecting a response 1: 6 of the songs you listen to most? Young Dumb & Broke-Khalid, Sería in Error- Regulo Caro, Love Galore-sza, LOVE.-Kendrick Lamar, Mi Gente- J Balvin, and Adiós Amor- Christian Nodal2: If you could meet anyone on this earth, who would it be? @iluvsarahii from instagram lol3: Grab the book nearest to you, turn to page 23, give me line 17. I don't have a book near me lol srry 4: What do you think about most? My life/future5: What does your latest text message from someone else say? "Keep us updated, make sure ma gets sum rest, and grandpa".6: Do you sleep with or without clothes on? With but no bra 7: What’s your strangest talent? Idk lol nothing I guess8: Girls… (finish the sentence); Boys… (finish the sentence) Girls Rule; Boys drool lol idk9: Ever had a poem or song written about you? No10: When is the last time you played the air guitar? Idk maybe when I was younger11: Do you have any strange phobias? Clown phobia12: Ever stuck a foreign object up your nose? No13: What’s your religion? Christian14: If you are outside, what are you most likely doing? Walking/Running15: Do you prefer to be behind the camera or in front of it? Behind16: Simple but extremely complex. Favorite band? The 197517: What was the last lie you told? "Idgaf"... yeah18: Do you believe in karma? Definitely!!!19: What does your URL mean? It's my birthday 20: What is your greatest weakness; your greatest strength? Weakness: get way too emotional 🙄 Strength: handling pressure well? Idk lol21: Who is your celebrity crush? Ryan Reynolds forever22: Have you ever gone skinny dipping? No23: How do you vent your anger? Usually to mekala lol but I tend to keep it bottled up 24: Do you have a collection of anything? Change? Does that count?25: Do you prefer talking on the phone or video chatting online? Phone talking but it really depends who it is 26: Are you happy with the person you’ve become? Not all the way27: What’s a sound you hate; sound you love? Continuous beeping, or anything loud tbh; love the sound of rain28: What’s your biggest “what if”? "What if I am a loser?" Getting deep lol29: Do you believe in ghosts? How about aliens? Yes and ABSOLUTELY!30: Stick your right arm out; what do you touch first?Do the same with your left arm. Right- the side of my bed; left- my pillow31: Smell the air. What do you smell? My shampoo lol32: What’s the worst place you have ever been to? Nowhere? Idk33: Choose: East Coast or West Coast? East 34: Most attractive singer of your opposite gender? Bad Bunny lol I can think of several but he came to mind first lol35: To you, what is the meaning of life? To get to know yourself and love yourself 💖36: Define Art. Anything that makes you happy when doing it 37: Do you believe in luck? Yes38: What’s the weather like right now? Clear39: What time is it? 11:30pm40: Do you drive? If so, have you ever crashed? Yes and yes but it was not my fault41: What was the last book you read? A chakra healing book42: Do you like the smell of gasoline? Yes43: Do you have any nicknames? Yes several, vane jen nessy jenjen etc44: What was the last film you saw? I,robot45: What’s the worst injury you’ve ever had? When I slammed my car door on my thumb46: Have you ever caught a butterfly? Yes when I was younger47: Do you have any obsessions right now? Makeup and skin care48: What’s your sexual orientation? Straight49: Ever had a rumour spread about you? Yes in high school lol50: Do you believe in magic? No51: Do you tend to hold grudges against people who have done you wrong? Yes but I get over it eventually52: What is your astrological sign? Leo 🦁53: Do you save money or spend it? Spend it 😅54: What’s the last thing you purchased? Sports bras and leggings55: Love or lust? Love56: In a relationship? No57: How many relationships have you had? 1 serious relationship the others I don't count 58: Can you touch your nose with your tongue? No59: Where were you yesterday? At work then I came home60: Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you? Yes my pillow61: Are you wearing socks right now? No62: What’s your favourite animal? Giraffe63: What is your secret weapon to get someone to like you? My charm? Lol64: Where is your best friend? In school in Columbus 😞65: Give me your top 5 favourite blogs on Tumblr. I rarely get on so idk66: What is your heritage? Hispanic/Mexican 🇲🇽67: What were you doing last night at 12AM? I think I was slee by then but if not probably on ig or snap68: What do you think is Satan’s last name? Lucifer 69: Be honest. Ever gotten yourself off? Yes70: Are you the kind of friend you would want to have as a friend? I would like to believe so71: You are walking down the street on your way to work. There is a dog drowning in the canal on the side of the street. Your boss has told you if you are late one more time you get fired. What do you do? Save the dog72: You are at the doctor’s office and she has just informed you that you have approximately one month to live. a) Do you tell anyone/everyone you are going to die? b) What do you do with your remaining days? c) Would you be afraid? A) no i wouldn't want them to be sad B) Spend as much time with the ones I love C) I think in the beginning I would be 73: You can only have one of these things; trust or love. Trust74: What’s a song that always makes you happy when you hear it? I can't think of the song rn...75: What are the last four digits in your cell phone number? 492676: In your opinion, what makes a great relationship? Communication for sure.77: How can I win your heart? Being yourself78: Can insanity bring on more creativity? Yes79: What is the single best decision you have made in your life so far? Leaving my old job 80: What size shoes do you wear? 881: What would you want to be written on your tombstone? Nothing 82: What is your favourite word? Not favorite but I use it almost everyday so I hear 🙄 "fuck"83: Give me the first thing that comes to mind when you hear the word; heart. Break84: What is a saying you say a lot? "Ok and?"85: What’s the last song you listened to? One more night- Maroon 586: Basic question; what’s your favourite colour/colours? Yellow and Orange 87: What is your current desktop picture? I'm on my phone so I'll tell you that lol my baby cousin genesis 😍88: If you could press a button and make anyone in the world instantaneously explode, who would it be? Nobody I'm not that evil89: What would be a question you’d be afraid to tell the truth on? "What's on your mind?" 90: One night you wake up because you heard a noise. You turn on the light to find that you are surrounded by MUMMIES. The mummies aren’t really doing anything, they’re just standing around your bed. What do you do? Lay tf still 91: You accidentally eat some radioactive vegetables. They were good, and what’s even cooler is that they endow you with the super-power of your choice! What is that power? The ability to fly 92: You can re-live any point of time in your life. The time-span can only be a half-hour, though. What half-hour of your past would you like to experience again? The last time I spent time with my dad.....93: You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be? I have several but I wouldn't they made me who I am today..94: You have the opportunity to sleep with the music-celebrity of your choice. Who would it be? Childish Gambino 😩95: You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere. You have to depart right now. Where are you gonna go? Mexico to visit my grandma 😞96: Do you have any relatives in jail? yes97: Have you ever thrown up in the car? Lmao yes98: Ever been on a plane? When I was younger99: If the whole world were listening to you right now, what would you say? "Let's love one another ❤️"

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melindarowens · 7 years ago

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Breitbart pushes Trump from Strange

The following newsletter is an abridged version of Campaign Pro’s Morning Score. For an earlier morning read on exponentially more races — and for a more comprehensive aggregation of the day’s most important campaign news — sign up for Campaign Pro today. (http://www.politicopro.com/proinfo)

YOUR DAILY ROLL TIDE — “Breitbart bangs the drum in Alabama Senate showdown,” By POLITICO’s Alex Isenstadt: “Conservatives led by Breitbart News are waging an all-out campaign” to stop Luther Strange from winning the Alabama special election, Isenstadt reports, and they’re hoping to persuade Trump to not campaign on Strange’s behalf. “While Trump has endorsed Strange, the president has been conspicuously silent since the senator finished second to [Judge Roy Moore] in the first round of balloting on Aug. 15.”

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“The pro-Moore effort will intensify this week, when the candidate arrives in Washington to hold a procession of meetings with influential conservatives that he hopes will culminate in endorsements. Among those Moore is slated to huddle with: members of the House Freedom Caucus and former diplomat and presidential candidate Alan Keyes, who is hosting a Wednesday evening fundraising reception. Attendees are being asked to give up to $2,700, according to an invitation.

Steve Bannon is helping to orchestrate the push. The former White House chief strategist has broken with Trump and endorsed the insurgent-minded Moore. Bannon, who returned to Breitbart last month after leaving the White House, has dispatched one of his favorite writers, Matt Boyle, to Alabama. Breitbart has published a number of unflattering stories recently about Strange, seemingly designed to isolate Strange from the president.” Full story here.

— Doug Jones is staying out of Dems’ spotlight: POLITICO’s Gabriel Debenedetti and Daniel Strauss broke down why Democrats aren’t racing to get behind Doug Jones during last week’s Morning Score holiday: While (failed) Georgia congressional candidate Jon Ossoff chose to make himself the face of the Democratic resistance, “Jones has declined to make his opposition to Donald Trump the centerpiece of his campaign.

It’s proved to be a consequential decision in a party where antipathy toward the president is an animating force. While Jones would seem to be a perfect candidate for the post-Charlottesville moment — he’s a 63-year-old former U.S. attorney who prosecuted the pair behind the 1963 16th Street Baptist Church bombing in Birmingham — national Democrats have largely ignored him. And grassroots donors have given him the cold shoulder, leaving Jones with less than $100,000 in cash on hand by the end of July, according to federal filings.” Full story here.

— Brooks could play kingmaker: Strauss reports that “If Mo Brooks can’t be a senator, he can at least try to be a kingmaker. In the GOP primary runoff for Alabama’s Senate seat, the conservative congressman is being courted aggressively by the campaign of former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore. Moore’s team thinks Brooks’ backing would give a significant boost in his fight against Sen. Luther Strange, a belief shared by many Alabama Republicans — if not Strange partisans. ‘No decision made,’ Brooks said in a text message to POLITICO, without elaborating on his thinking.” Full story here.

— More Ala. headlines that ran during last week’s Morning Score hiatus: “Alabama activist registers pro-Moore super PAC,” by Maggie Severns (story here) … “Strange campaign memo to donors pushes back on ‘fake polls’,” by Strauss (story here) … “Strange campaign adds top GOP operative to senior staff,” by Strauss (story here).

BIG WEEKEND NEWS — “Trump has decided to end DACA, with 6-month delay,” by POLITICO’s Eliana Johnson: “President Donald Trump has decided to end the Obama-era program that grants work permits to undocumented immigrants who arrived in the country as children, according to two sources familiar with his thinking. Senior White House aides huddled Sunday afternoon to discuss the rollout of a decision likely to ignite a political firestorm — and fulfill one of the president’s core campaign promises. The administration’s deliberations on the issue have been fluid and fast moving, and the president has faced strong warnings from members of his own party not to scrap the program.” A formal announcement on the decision is expected today. Full story here.

— Meanwhile on the campaign trail: Andy Thorburn, who is challenging GOP Rep. Ed Royce (R-Calif.) has already released a digital ad that reacts to the DACA decision by focusing on the idea of an “inclusive society.” Watch here.

Days until the 2017 election: 63.

Days until the 2018 election: 427.

Thanks for joining us! You can email tips to the Campaign Pro team at [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected].

You can also follow us on Twitter: @politicoscott, @ec_schneider, @politicokevin, @danielstrauss4 and @maggieseverns.

THE CENTER CUT — Third Way cautions Dems to avoid populism, by Debenedetti: “Center-left think tank Third Way is urging the Democratic Party to rebrand itself as ‘the jobs party’ in a report Tuesday that warns of the risks adopting the policies and rhetoric of the far left. Landing as the left wing of the party claims ascendancy, the report wades into some of the philosophical disagreements now dividing a Democratic Party that is further from power than it has been in decades. Based on extensive, three-day online focus groups with battleground state voters, the publication aims to diagnose Democrats’ current problem. But it also knocks the kind of economic populism often pushed by prominent figures like Sens. Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren.

The study, conducted by polling firm Global Strategy Group, involved interviews with persuadable voters who backed Barack Obama and then Donald Trump, as well as with persuadable African American, Latino and millennial voters. Third Way’s resulting document warns that key voters believe Democrats prioritize poor citizens, and some rich ones — but not the middle class. It says voters intuitively see the Democratic party as standing against business, and it urges party leaders to put less emphasis on social issues and “recognize that voters want to see a rebalancing of the Party’s priorities.” Full story here.

UH OH — “Cash-strapped states brace for Russian hacking fight,” by POLITICO’s intrepid cybersecurity team: “A nation still squabbling over the role Russian cyberattacks played in the 2016 presidential campaign is fractured about how to pay for the steps needed to prevent repeats in 2018 and 2020, according to interviews with dozens of state election officials, federal lawmakers, current and former Department of Homeland Security staffers and leading election security experts.

“These people agree that digital meddlers threaten the public’s confidence in America’s democratic process. And nearly everyone believes that the danger calls for collective action — from replacing the voting equipment at tens of thousands of polling places to strengthening state voter databases, training election workers and systematically conducting post-election audits.

“But those steps would require major spending, and only a handful of states’ legislatures are boosting their election security budgets, according to a POLITICO survey of state election agencies. And leaders in Congress are showing no eagerness to help them out. ‘States ought to get their own money up,’ said Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), who chairs the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, which oversees federal elections. ‘We’re borrowing money. We got a big debt limit coming up.’” Full story here.

WHAT ABOUT BOB — Barletta will challenge Casey, POLITICO’s Kevin Robillard reports: “Pennsylvania GOP Rep. Lou Barletta is officially launching a bid to challenge two-term Democratic incumbent Sen. Bob Casey. … Trump has publicly encouraged Barletta, a former mayor who is serving his fifth term in the House, to challenge Casey, an anti-abortion Democrat and son of a popular former governor who has been outspoken in his opposition to the president. The president narrowly won Pennsylvania in 2016.

“Barletta will face a primary before potentially challenging Casey: Businessman Jeff Bartos has already launched television ads attacking both Barletta and Casey as career politicians. Some Republicans have questioned whether Barletta can raise the necessary money to take on Casey.” Full story here.

MORE NEW CHALLENGERS (AND POTENTIAL CHALLENGERS) OF NOTE — Hanabusa will run for Hawaii gov seat: Rep. Colleen Hanabusa said on Friday she plans to challenge Hawaii Gov. David Ige in 2018. Full story via KITV.

— Another GOP Senate candidate in Ohio: Republican businesswoman Melissa Ackison plans to run for the Ohio Senate seat, Cleveland.com reports.

— Jerry Springer weighing an Ohio governor run: Yes, that Jerry Springer. The Ohio Democrat told Cleveland.com he’s seriously considering a bid for governor but doesn’t have a timeline on when he’ll announce his decision.

— Garcetti leaves all doors open: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti won’t rule out the possibility of a 2020 run for governor or senator in California, POLITICO’s Edward-Isaac Dovere reports.

ADMINISTRATION SPEED READ — “Spicer lands post-White House gig,” by POLITICO’s Annie Karni: “President Donald Trump’s first press secretary — who ceded his high-profile post to Sarah Huckabee Sanders in July but celebrated his official last day in the West Wing on Aug. 31 — has signed with Worldwide Speakers Group, the company confirmed to POLITICO. … His first paid speaking gig will be in New York City on Sept. 11, at the annual conference of the investment bank Rodman & Renshaw, according to two people familiar with his schedule.” Full story here.

REVOLVING DOOR — RNC chief of staff resigns, by Isenstadt: “Sara Armstrong, the top staffer at the Republican National Committee, is departing, according to three people familiar with the move — the latest in a string of exits from the committee. Armstrong, the RNC’s chief of staff, is exiting to take a senior-level job at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. She had been serving in the chief of staff role since early this year after helping to oversee President Donald Trump’s inauguration planning. Richard Walters, the RNC finance director, will serve as interim chief of staff while the committee seeks a permanent replacement.” Full story here.

QUOTE OF THE DAY: “Why don’t you tell me what it is, Dale, and quit beating around.” — Alabama Senate Candidate Roy Moore, asking a radio host to explain what DREAMers are during a radio interview.

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Days until the 2017 election: 63.

Days until the 2018 election: 427.

Thanks for joining us! You can email tips to the Campaign Pro team at [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected] and [email protected].

You can also follow us on Twitter: @politicoscott, @ec_schneider, @politicokevin, @danielstrauss4 and @maggieseverns.

— Another GOP Senate candidate in Ohio: Republican businesswoman Melissa Ackison plans to run for the Ohio Senate seat, Cleveland.com reports.

— Garcetti leaves all doors open: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti won’t rule out the possibility of a 2020 run for governor or senator in California, POLITICO’s Edward-Isaac Dovere reports.

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ACA Round-Up: Hospital Nonprofit Status, ACA Nondiscrimination Litigation, And More

American non-profit hospitals have long qualified for tax exempt status under federal law as “charitable” organizations. They are often afforded exempt status from state and local property, sales, and income tax under similar requirements. The Affordable Care Act imposed additional requirements that hospitals must meet if they wish to retain federal tax exempt status. These include:

Establishing written financial assistance and emergency medical care policies,

Limiting amounts charged for emergency or other medically necessary care to individuals eligible for assistance,

Making reasonable efforts to determine whether an individual is eligible for assistance under the hospital’s policy before engaging in extraordinary collection action, and

Conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA) at least once every three years, which must be widely publicized, and adopting an strategy to implement the CHNA.

The IRS released final regulations implementing the 501(r) requirements in 2015. The regulatory requirements were effective for tax years following the end of 2015.

The IRS has reportedly been conducting compliance reviews of tax exempt hospitals and has levied a $50,000 excise tax against some hospitals that have been out of compliance with 501(r) requirements. In August, however, the IRS released for the first time a notice dated February 14, 2017 actually revoking the 501(c)(3) status of a hospital that had failed to implement and publicize its CHNA.

The hospital’s situation was complicated as it was not only tax exempt under 501(c)(3) but was also being operated by the local county government. It carried out a CHNA to meet Medicare requirements but neither took steps to implement the CHNA nor posted it on a website. Hospital executives represented to the IRS that they did not need 501(c)(3) status and that it might in fact limit some of the hospital’s activities. They also indicated that they did not have the resources to conduct a proper CHNA. Considering these facts, the IRS revoked the hospitals 501(c)(3) status.

This is hardly a typical situation for noncompliance with 501(r) requirements, but is at least an indication that the government will revoke 501(c)(3) status in situations where a hospital willfully violates the requirements of 501(r)

Judge Mandates Status Reports In Challenge To Prohibition On Gender Identity And Pregnancy Termination Discrimination

On August 16, 2017, Judge Reed O’Connor entered an order in the Franciscan Alliance case requiring the government to file a status report on or before October 16, 2017 and every 60 days thereafter. The Franciscan Alliance and several other plaintiffs, including several states, have sued challenging a HHS regulation promulgated under section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act prohibiting discrimination on the basis of gender identity or termination of pregnancy.

Late in 2016, Judge O’Connor, a federal district court judge in Texas, entered a preliminary injunction against the enforcement of the rule. On July 10, 2017, Judge O’Connor remanded the issue to HHS to reconsider its rule. HHS stated in an August 4 status report that it has submitted a draft proposed rule amendment to the Justice Department for review. Following that review, the rule will be submitted to the Office of Management and Budget for interagency clearance, after which it will be published for comment as a proposed rule. Until then, HHS will continue to comply with the injunction against enforcement of the challenged provisions of the rule. The court will continue to monitor the rulemaking process.

Treasury IG Report Details IRS Record On ACA-Mandated Letters

On July 31, 2017, the Treasury Inspector General for Taxpayer Assistance (TIGTA) issued a report on the implementation by the Internal Revenue Service of an ACA requirement—specifically, that the Treasury Department must send a notice each year to individuals who file a tax return and are not enrolled in minimum essential coverage (MEC) informing them of the availability of coverage through the exchanges.

The report found that the IRS did not send these notices out in 2015 for filing year 2014. The agency focused instead on understanding filing behavior; updating form instructions and publications to include information on the MEC requirement; coordinating with tax preparers and software developers regarding the requirement; and including information on the availability of exchange coverage in correspondence regarding individual mandate compliance.

In November of 2016 and January of 2017, the IRS did send out over 7 million letters to individuals who had filed a 2015 tax return and either claimed an individual mandate exemption or paid the penalty, notifying them of the availability of exchange coverage. The letters were sent at these times rather than in the preceding June because the IRS and CMS concluded that this was the optimal time for encouraging individuals to enroll in coverage. Some of the letters encouraged taxpayers to enroll in coverage, while others encouraged them to either enroll in coverage or claim an exemption. Some of these letters included a personalized penalty amount for the individual taxpayer while some included the standardized penalty amount. CMS paid about $3.7 million for preparing and mailing the letters.

The notice was not sent to 3.3 million taxpayers who filed “silent returns” which failed to identify MEC coverage, pay a penalty, or claim an exemption, as CMS decided that these individuals were less likely to enroll in coverage. Also, the notice was not sent to a group of 1.9 million individuals who filed a 2015 return and claimed an exemption or paid a penalty but were randomly selected to serve as a control group to measure the effectiveness of the letter.

The IRS is not sending out the notices for 2017, but is sending out notifications to transmitters of electronically filed returns to share with taxpayers who file a form 8965 exemption report with missing or incorrect information, pay a mandate penalty, or file a silent return informing them of the availability of marketplace coverage.

The TIGTA noted that the IRS letter stated that most taxpayers could get coverage through HealthCare.gov for $75 a month or less after financial assistance was applied. The TIGTA suggested that this statement was misleading — according to its analysis, exchange premiums for 3.4 million (63 percent) of taxpayers exceeded $75 a month, averaging $168 a month, after financial assistance. It noted that the $75 a month figure was for low-cost (presumably bronze-level) health plans and not for the plans that enrollees actually selected. The TIGTA suggested that the IRS should have independently verified this claim rather than relying on HHS’ estimates.

Administration Will Make CSR Payments For August

Multiple media sources are reporting that the White House has confirmed that cost-sharing reduction payments will be made for August. This will lessen the financial impact on insurers of a CSR payment termination during 2017, if one occurs, as it will mean one less month that insurers will have to absorb the cost of termination themselves. It does nothing, however, to clarify for insurers or state insurance regulators what they should assume regarding CSR payments in determining which insurers will participate in the individual market and what premiums they will charge for 2018.

Health insurers offering qualified health plans through the marketplaces for 2018 must file their rates for 2018 by September 6, 2017. As no guidance has been offered as to whether CSRs will be paid in 2018 (or even in September 2017), state regulators should presumably instruct their insurers to file their rates based on an assumption that CSRs will not be paid, or at least to file two sets of rates assuming on the one hand that CSRs will be paid and on the other hand that they will not be. As the CBO has projected and multiple insurers have confirmed in rates already filed, the nonpayment of CSRs would result in significant rate increases, probably in the order of 20 percent in most states. If no action is taken by the White House or by Congress very soon, it should be assumed that these are the rates that will be in effect.

Congress could, of course, specifically appropriate funding for the CSRs. The CBO has confirmed that such an appropriation would not increase the budget deficit since it has already assumed an appropriation to exist. A CSR appropriation is high on the agenda of a number of members of Congress of both parties. But even assuming the most rapid conceivable schedule for both houses to enact and the President to sign such an appropriation, it would still come after the rate filing deadline — which is the day after Congress reconvenes on September 4.

Only the Trump administration can at this point provide assurances that the CSRs will be paid at least through the end of the 2017 and for 2018 unless the appellate court in House v. Price decides at some point to affirm the lower court judgment—now on hold—that the payments must end. The only responsible step for the administration at this point is to immediately provide such assurances, and to state that it intends to work with Congress to clarify that an appropriation exists as quickly as possible and independent of any other actions Congress might take on health care reform. Senator Lamar Alexander (R-TN), Chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee, has urged the President to continue the payments, at least through September, while Congress takes action.

Any other approach simply increases the likelihood, indeed the certainty, that premiums in many state individual markets will increase dramatically for next year. A failure to take action is also likely to result in the number of counties without any insurer in the individual market for 2018 beginning to grow again.

Nevada-Centene Arrangement Leaves Only Two Bare Counties For 2018

Centene announced on August 15, 2017, that it had worked out an arrangement with Nevada to offer coverage in the 14 Nevada counties that had previously had no insurer signed up to offer coverage through the exchange for 2018. This leaves the “bare county” problem largely solved for 2018, with only two counties remaining in the country—one in Wisconsin and one in Indiana—with no insurers currently offering coverage for 2018. Between them they have fewer than 400 current exchange enrollees.

The bare county problem may reappear, however. As noted earlier, the CBO report on terminating cost-sharing reductions projects that 5 percent of Americans would live in counties with no 2018 coverage if the CSR payments are terminated.

Article source:Health Affairs

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