*The decision we’ve all been waiting for has arrived.
The so-called individual mandate to buy health insurance, the key part of President Obama’s signature health care law, has survived, the Supreme Court ruled this morning.
The court ruled that the mandate is unconstitutional, but it can stay as part of Congress’s power under a taxing clause. The court said that the government will be allowed to tax people for not having health insurance.
“The Affordable care act’s requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably characterized as a tax. Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness,” the court said in the ruling.
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The high court kept the country in suspense for days, announcing at the beginning of the week that it would hand down its decision today.
Read/learn more at ABC News.
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Well Good!!! Watch the Repubs, and other whiners complain!! Let’s move on to some other pressing issues affecting this country.
If you thought 2010 was a bloodbath for democrats wait till November. This puts Obamacare front and center for the election.
What I don’t understand is why are people NOT wanting to have adequate healthcare? I’d be more than happy to pay more taxes if it allows American citizens access to affordable healthcare. Maybe their pissed off because a black man thought this would be for the good of the poor and middle class. Republicans bitch and complain but NEVER come up with a better plan. Mitt Romney is just a puppet and knows damn well he stands just as much of a chance as I do of being elected President. Everything he says that the President ISN’T doing, he can’t say what his party is or has done…FOCK I hate politics. The world never thought the day would come when a black man would President of the free world and it shows everyday when you have people that are really convinced a black man would risk everything to be President and lie about where he was born. There is a peckerwood lawyer ran for a judicial seat in San Diego who sued to have that Birther issue addressed and is dead convinced Obama is not a U.S. citizen. Now why would anybody want an individual like that over seeing court cases? White people are no longer the majority in California and San Diego and Los Angeles have become HUBS to illegals and you can best believe the mentality of alot of white people in California is to get rid of the Mexicans and put the niggas in jail.
i agree with every letter u just pushed on your keyboard including the periods.
In fairness, do you know anything about this law that would make it more affordable? Remember, many dems argued in favor of a single-payer system (similar to medicare) which actually would’ve decreased healthcare costs.
I’m glad they didn’t overturn it but I really want to us become more literate on huge issues like this and automatically assume that because a republican favored/opposed it..it’s bad or because a dem favored/opposed it..it’s good.
I agree. Many people who see this as a win for Obama do not know why they are really seeing it as a win. There is a lot about this the American public has not been informed about and a lot of questions to ask. Sure, health care for all is a noble cause and health care should not be seen as a privilege for certain parts of the population. There is a lot of metaphorical fine print that needs to be brought to light. Also, I’m wondering what are the unintended consequences. While I’m not knocking the government, sometimes the solution to a problem and implementation of that solution aren’t always great.
Having a husband who’s a cancer survivor, this is very necessary. My husband has been employed with the City of San Diego for well over 20 years. Having a job with the City was the best of the best but when I got laid off, it would have cost him $800 per month to insure our entire family. We have a successful business and I was running it full time after my lay off but because of his health, I had to get a job so we could have health insurance just in case the cancer came back. I got a job with the Federal Government and they were taking damn near $500 out of my check for insurance…so now I have a job with good pay and EXCELLENT benefits and pay about $200 for everything…we have some of the best medical school and research firms in the world and people who pay taxes can barely for prescription medication. It all comes down to $$$$$, nothing more and nothing less. No American should be denied adequate health and dental coverage…