First off I guess the SCJ can change the entire argument about funding this monstrocity?
I guess they are saying the SC can not stop Obama from taxing the people for this.
Otherwise, I don’t see this is a win for Obama. It only means he can tax the rich in order to pay for this. Good luck raising the taxes needed to fund this peice of crap.
All of this would not be quite as sickening if half the country who doesn’t pay the taxes that fund this would actually pay taxes? You know flat tax..blah blah blah.
The fact that states don’t have to accept new Medicaid funding, and can’t be penalized is a small victory - Roberts threw us a bone ...
That is basically correct. The ACA law does not force Americans to buy health insurance. It just taxes us if we don’t buy it. You won’t go to jail IF you pay the tax, and that is just like federal income taxes. It sounds to me like this ruling is legally correct. It’s tough medicine for America in the short run, but probably better for this country in the long run because the ruling demonstrates that we can’t rely on the courts to overturn really bad legislation passed by nasty socialists like Obama, Reid, and Pelosi. This ruling shows that Americans have to vote for better people to serve in the legislature if we want really good legislation to be enacted.
Contrary to what many people (including some amateur DNC operatives) have written on this thread, Romney will sincerely make every effort to repeal the ACA law if elected. He will campaign on repeal of ACA and if elected he’ll have to support repeal to maintain his support among Republicans in congress. Even if Romney wins, if may not be possible to repeal the entire law because of democrat opposition in the senate. But with Romney in the White House I have no doubt that enough senate democrats will vote to repeal most of ACA piece by piece, by voting for new legislation that replaced major parts of the ACA law.
The MA health care law that Romney signed is not a significant political problem—Romney can just say that he has learned that some of the MA law isn’t working well, and he supports repeal of ACA because it’s terrible legislation that forces a very costly and poorly designed system on all the states and takes away the freedom of choice by individuals to buy the kind of health insurance that each individual needs. There are real problems with the current health care system that need to be fixed, in the right way. Denial of coverage for pre-existing conditions is just too tough on people who have a medical condition and then lose their job and coverage. That can amount to sentencing people to bankruptcy. But we still need strong incentives for people to buy health insurance and not wait until they have an illness. Romney has to find the smart middle ground on health care policy. Go Mitt Go!