[Sacajaweau]

The majority signed up because they had no insurance and would be TOTALLY subsidized....and I'm betting 80%.

The rest signed up and would pay the fine which amounted to less than $100.

The real problem comes when they all find out that they have no...zip...."0" insurance unless they pay the outrageous rates.

[DJ Frisat]

Since the Clinton years and my early days here at FR, I've had my hopes dashed time-after-time on a variety of issues that appeared clear-cut and indisputably wrong, illegal, etc.

Needless to say, the outrages have accelerated at a dizzying pace since the 2008 campaign to elect Obama and his ascendance to emperor.

I hold little hope for a satisfactory resolution to anything. The truth doesn't matter, there's only what our overlords want for us.

[bert]

I have thought on this and concluded that the consensus on both sides is that Obamacare will not survive the current matter to come before SCOTUS.

Both sides benefit from this course. The Republicans can do nothing and have the cataclysmic disaster resolved. The Democrats that haven’t condemned the law, including the President can blame the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court knowing public opinion can rule on the plain language and disallow exchanges.

Obamacare is over and just waiting to die

[MeneMeneTekelUpharsin]

The Healthcare Act is going to be THE item that tanks the economy.

[St_Thomas_Aquinas]

The first time around, my gut told me that SCOTUS wouldn't strike down the law because they couldn't resist the impulse to do something "historic."

But now Obamacare has been exposed as a complete disaster that no judge wants to be associated with. I can see a SCOTUS landslide.

[Pollster1]

With their Sebelius/Obamacare decision, SCOTUS lost their last shred of legitimacy. With an anti-American communist in the White House, the Executive branch lost its last shred of legitimacy. Last night, the GOP House allowed the lame duck session to push through a bloated spending bill that did nothing to stop Amnesty or Obamacare, and Congress confirmed that they deserved it long ago when they lost their last shred of legitimacy. FedGov is not on our side; it is not a government of the people, by the people, or for the people. Our only moral obligation to FedGov is to obey when they can compel us to do so - when we have no choice.

Perhaps SCOTUS will repeal Obamacare, and if so that will slow the death of our remaining freedom. A little. Perhaps the “Repulican” Congress of next year will stop Amnesty through another means. Perhaps I will find myself surrounded by unicorns and Skittles. My money is on the unicorns as the most likely of those options.

[liberalh8ter]

Meh....the elites in Washington will just find another way to subsidize the have nots. Nothing, including the Supreme Court, will stand in the way of this behemoth.

[Timmy]

If SCOTUS strikes down the subsidies for the federal exchange, the states without exchanges will be under tremendous pressure to create them. How many GOP governors / legislatures will have the guts to say no? And, if a few give in, will that start a landslide that will complete the Obamacare vision? That's the scenario I worry about.

[MrB]

from my experience,
the sheeperal who support Obamacare

genuinely think it’s working just like Obama said it would.

[Buckeye McFrog]

At this point I have no reason to believe that Obama will not ignore the ruling and go right on paying the subsidies anyway.

[SteveH]

If Obamacare was passed and signed in bad faith, that is, with the intent to deceive the US public as to its objectives, then the entire Obamacare law should be stricken.

[Mike Darancette]

If there were no subsidies then many would not be required to get it.

[manovark]

Obamacare will not die as long as Benedict Boehner remains in charge. Guarantee he’ll figure out some way to rescue it like he just did for amnesty and Obamacare in this most recent CRomnibus betrayal. Our leadership takes us for granted and they DO NOT care what message we send them on Election Day.