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Supreme Court upholds health care law
I believe that all Legal US citizens should have the same Health care coverage and Retirement that congress and Senate has. Enough of the us vs them.
Oh, I forgot, Congressional Members and White House Members don't have ObamaCare. They have their own special brand of health insurance which is super better than the rest of us American Citizens and illegals.
So now what happens to those of us taxed to death, whose insurance from our jobs will increase (as they have because of this) and my take home will be even less? How many jobs do I need to have? Two should be enough for me, sadly it isn't.
Well I guess some Americans like for the government to control their lives because they don't want to put forth the effort themselves. Sad day for the Americans that work for what we have.
Letty, this has nothing to do with putting forth effort. We have MILLIONS of very hard-working Americans (and their children) who currently have no access to health insurance and/or who can't afford health care. I predict that we will see affordable health care plans emerge once the risk pool encompasses everyone; it will become more competitive.
letty harris, I don't like your holier than thou cheapskate attitude. Because this is America you are entitled to that attitude. Be thankful for that.
figures dee11 would be enjoying this crap this is just going to make everything worse good luck dee11 this country is almost broke now so what's a lot more debt we can't afford and the goverment just made insurance companies richer suprise
@ Edward good luck to you also. This is something we need , I can not understand how people do not see health care a good thing !
@ Edward good luck to you also. This is something we need , I can not understand how people do not see health care a good thing !
@ Edward good luck to you also. This is something we need , I can not understand how people do not see health care a good thing !
Amazing what most do not know in the health care industry and the cost? I am a retired RN saw the greed for years ? We the tax payer pay for those in the ER and without health care including many immigrants? Try being sick or having surgery even with insurance and the cost and you pay part of this high cost? I am on Medicare like it or not the govt. said I had too why is this any different then Obama Care? Now for a One Payer system?
I am beyond surprised that the court that sacrificed Democracy with the Citizen's United mockery of a decision actually approved this. I did not expect such from the most activitist radical, legislating from the bench, right wing court that we have seen, perhaps ever.
McTash, relax. Democracy was not sacrificed; the majority of Americans support the new health care law.
Democracy is simply majority rule, and that certainly wasn't trashed. Democracy is 3 wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. It's a Republic where individual rights are preserved, where rights of the minority are protected against an aggressive majority, and that's what's been trashed here.
This will increase jobs at payer's (Insurance companies) too! Its a win whether some people are too narrow minded to see it or not.
I AM SHOCKED! HALLELUJAH for all AMERICANS. About time?
for all who agree with this ruling.....you are dumber than you seem.....open your pocketbooks and let the govt in....for me, I pay enough already!
Leanna, Americans have been paying through the nose for healthcare for nearly four decades - and we have always had a huge chunk of our citizens who drew the short straw and had no insurance. This recession has thrown even more people on to the uninsured heap. Doesn't that bother you?
A country/society can and will be judged by how it takes care of the most basic rights of its citizens, especially those who need help the most.
Maybe now I can finally get some health coverage.
What a great day for the people of the United States. A step to progress and ending the status quo...
Before you paid for nothing....now you pay for nothing
This just made my day! Obama/Biden 2012!!!!
Open your wallet....here they come.
I am glad that this has been upheld. If people wold listen and see that the mandate is really not a mandate as it has been warered down so much that the penalty is very little in cost. I couldnever understand how we can be foreced to buy car isurance but not health insurance. Someone has told me but you don;t have to drive but as we all know most people still drive w/o insurance and they pay the price. Get sited or end up going to jail. What is the difference?? When my daughter had to get off my insurance, NO ONE would cover her as she has epilepsy..one company fired her due to her illness. Luckily she now has a job that offers insurance and they can't deny her. Presently insurnce companies control what and who is covered and god forbid if you really get sick, they cancel you or raise your rates were you can no longer afford it. This bill may not be perfect but it is a start to get control of the ever increasing cost of becoming sick or just trying to stay healthy! I am shocked but very glad.
The constitutionality of Obamacare has been affirmed. The constitution also gives you the right to bear arms, vote and express your opinion. Would you like to see those rights overturned? I thought not. This is a good day for the country. We have needed a health care law for decades. It's about time someone stood up and did it amidst criticism and hatred. The world is changing. You either change with it, or you can join the Republican Party.
It is rarte that you get a chance to do a re-write. I hope the president and the Dems will now roll this out properly , espousing all of the benefits in this act. They grossly mismanged it the first time. Educate the paopulace about the befits of this act that they will feel in their wallets, lives and quality of health care when it is fully implemented. Get it right this time!!!!!!
Oh boy. With the high cost of national healthcare, now the heat is turned up full blast on Congress's butt to do something about the federal deficit.
Everyone would have health insurance if 1. The insurance companies weren't so greedy. 2. Our government would not be making us do this if they weren't broke and trying to figure out how to squeeze more money out of the American people... 3. If they did away with these Temp agency's that offer insurance at a very high rate with no real coverage. Most large corporations hire through a temp agency so they don't have to provide medical insurance. I know of a few large companies that only hire temps. They lay off employees that have been there for years then turn around and hire temps to fill the spot of the person that was just laid off! 4. There are way to many sue happy people in the world. So I guess I want to know what our government is going to do about that?
Dear US "Supremes",
Any tax that is intended to control behavior is unconstitutional.
Sincerely,
Citizen
Dear expat7,
Have you heard of "sin taxes" levied on alcohol and tobacco products?
Sincerely,
Me
xpat7 Who says? I suppose you are now a constitutonal law expert. Maybe we should stop paying property tax because our children are being spoonfed and not educated.
Dear Trouble27,
How about a tax on NOT something? This is the first time a tax was imposed for NOT buying a service or product.
It is wrong, plain and simple. Whatever problems the country faces, destroying freedoms is NOT the path to fixing them.
@ jchayward, can you read English? Because that's what the Constitution and Bill of Rights are written in. It takes no expert to understand that the fed gov has well overstepped it's bounds with this piece of garbage.
Socialism at its best. Next facism or communism take your pick. Read your damn history books. The fix should have been with the health care system.
Maybe this will finally wake people up about just how far the US has fallen from the days when it really was a beacon of Freedom.
All you Republicans and Democrats, wake up and smell the coffee. The system is broken and it won't be fixed by playing the 2-party game.
xpat7, perhaps we need a third party. The only thing Americans should disagree with is the acceptance of multiculturalism and globalization directionalism. Why, because, they are both hooked to trade agreements. That is behavior control!
All you damn liberals can celebrate now, but as soon as Mitt Romney is sworn in, it will be repealed. Hey Liberal People, for fun call your Senator and ask if they have read the ENTIRE plan or were they hearded like sheep to vote for this Crazy Plan which brings us closer and closer to a socialist country. And the way Obama is borrowing from China, we all best learn Mandarin. Needless to say I am Pissed.
History says otherwise. The Dems preserve the Republican wars, and the R's preserve the Dem's entitlement programs.
It's a lose/lose situation.
What a great day for the American people! And the first step in ending the status quo....
I wish I had a nickel for all of the crestfallen Republican faces!
"I predict future happiness for Americans if they can prevent the government from wasting the labors of the people under the pretense of taking care of them" - Thomas Jefferson
I feel this is good. If insurance companies did not exclude coverage for persons with pre-existing conditions, the government wouldn't need to step in. The government is meant to protect the people and step in when needed. I think this is a great law and necessary. Countries that provide health care for all or most of its' citizens have healthier and happier people and a better quality of life.