In a landmark decision, both legally and politically, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare law , including the central mandate that individuals must buy health insurance.
The contentious portion of the law — which drew disputes among Congressional lawmakers in 2009 and was fought on legal grounds by Attorneys General across the United States since — is considered the “heart” of the law, according to CBS.
“The decision creates some certainty surrounding federal health care policy, allowing federal and state rulemakers to, for now, implement this law,” CBS said.
According to The Associated Press, the high court “rejected arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.”
In the United States there are 30 million people today who go without insurance. Through the mandate, the law hopes to stem this problem, as well as .
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How right you are my last recollection of a good Democrat was Hubert Humphrey , a real statesman with the best for America on his adjenda .No one out there in the last 20 years even resembles those qualities ,
And THIS small business owner holds faith in Democrats to do right by us; we're the engine of the middle class, the constituency of the Dems. Maybe rich small business owners who run hedge funds might support republicans, but those of us looking for tax breaks on employing local people count on Dems to give us that support. I've seen nothing from Republicans that supports anything except those that already have a LOT of money.
I thought it interesting that libertarianism and socialism unite in the concept of making tough decisions about last-year-of-life care, where upwards of 20-30% of all medical costs are spent.
My dear Mother votes for 'the person' and it drives me nuts! :D
Sometimes it's hard to tell who's hand is in my pocket, the feds or the state. There is now no limit to what Government can tax us on...for our own good.
"Congress shall make no law that applies to the citizens of the United States that does not apply equally to the Senators and Representatives; and, Congress shall make no law that applies to the Senators and Representatives that does not apply equally to the citizens of the United States".
plan does not allow children to be added. There is a huge percentage of americans that fit this category. I have to pay out of pocket for a secondary insurance plan to cover my kids. Alot of folks 63 and older still have kids living at home. Also living on fixed incomes with medicare makes it VERY difficult to provide health ins for their kids 18-26. So-Obama has left a HUGE hole in his so-called health care reform.
If true, is this purposely being kept secret from seniors due to the upcoming elections? I sent my senator this questions, lets see if he responds.