[ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas]

but it would have made more sense to have raised a tax that those uninsured (many are illegals) would be paying too like a sales tax.

A sales tax might do it, but of course that would be "regressive" and might have trouble passing in Maryland.

This cost in no way justifies Obama-care.

My view is that government programs usually waste more than they "save."

[alancarp]

DAY THREE: Oral Arguments on the Severability of the Individual Mandate from the Broader Obamacare Bill

I will post the relevant tweets from the same sources as yesterday.

Meanwhile: see this WSJ Article: Why Justice Kennedy left both sides of health case hopeful yesterday.

Note that this is counter to the deluge of reports from the Left Media yesterday, claiming that their sky was falling. I tend to agree with the WSJ - the MSM may have put up a smokescreen.

Also: This article from the WSJ explains the five basic things to know about this whole thing... so far.