Supreme Court upholds ObamaCare 6-3

That was the sensible...and correct...thing for them to do. The LAST thing we need is a total upset of our health care system. Our Present system is riddled with problems, but it has take years to create this mess, and it will take years to correct these issues. Rising Costs will eventually force this nation...and our politicians...to properly address our system...and put their Political BS aside in the process.
 
Hard to say if this is a bigger victory for the Dems or the GOP. If the SCOTUS had gutted Obamacare the republicans would have had hell to pay on the campaign trail---they have no ideas of how to fix what they claim is broken and populous anger would have been immense. It would have been a huge boost to the Democrats.

It's surely a victory for those who finally have affordable healthcare, and that's the most important thing.
 
Well... it makes my life easier. Currently I carry my husband on my employee insurance. I am medicare eligable, he is not.. BUT now if I should wake up and decide one fine day that I don't want to work any longer, he can get insurance to cover him until he turns 65 next year.. So I'm even more relaxed working.. It's a choice not a necessity.
 
Disappointed but not surprised. The supreme court is simply maintaining the status quo in which they have power and benefits. Several of the warrantless police rulings confirm that.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/benkers...tion-of-evidence-scolded-by-justice-ginsburg/

Subsidies to non exchange states has been what is upheld but supposedly a state would only be eligible if it had an exchange.

Also apparently some very loose interpretation of the word "state". Apparently the yes vote court members consider the federal government a 'state' and that is more scary than the ACA.

For a law that was supposed to take the profit out of the medical industry

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/25/8845629/obamacare-hospitals-supreme-court

Finally the RepubliCONs don't have a clue...or do they. Symbolic votes to repeal the ACA are meaningless.

The "statist" supreme court is what to keep an eye on now.
 
:applause2: That's good news. We wouldn't have been affected either way because we have an exchange in our state, but it's crucial for all Americans to uphold the Affordable Care Act...good decision by the Supreme Court, and thank you President Obama.
 
WIT, Sorry you are disappointed but consider how most feel about the constant attacks on the President by your fellow nay-stayers. Oh, and those folks who had and are taking advantage of America's first real effort to do something about health care for the masses.
 
Poor ole "Hustler" Huckabee ....


Mike Huckabee: The Supreme Court just issued 'an out-of-control act of judicial tyranny'

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(AP/Nati Harnik) Former Gov. Mike Huckabee of Arkansas (R).
Republican presidential candidate and former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee slammed the Supreme Court on Thursday after it delivered a huge victory for the White House by saving a crucial component of Obamacare in a 6-to-3 vote. In a fierce statement, Huckabee said the decision was "an out-of-control act of judicial tyranny."

The US' highest court ruled that President Barack Obama's signature healthcare law could provide subsidies to millions of people who were insured through federal exchanges. The dissenting justices argued that the language of the Affordable Care Act indicated that only people insured through state-based exchanges should be eligible for the subsidies.
Huckabee clearly agreed with the dissent.

"Our Founding Fathers didn't create a 'do-over' provision in our Constitution that allows unelected, Supreme Court justices the power to circumvent Congress and rewrite bad laws," his statement continued. "The Supreme Court cannot legislate from the bench, ignore the Constitution, and pass a multitrillion-dollar 'fix' to Obamacare simply because Congress misread what the states would actually do."

He added: "The architects and authors of Obamacare were intentional in the way they wrote the law. The courts have no constitutional authority to rescue Congress from creating bad law."

Huckabee has long been critical of what he describes as the Supreme Court's overreaching its legal authority. When discussing the court potentially ruling in favor of same-sex marriage, for example, he has argued "the court cannot change what God has created."
 
Oh Huckle Chuckle... stfu

Other predicticable responses..

Yes! SCOTUS affirms what we know is true in our hearts & under the law: Health insurance should be affordable & available to all. -H
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 25, 2015

The GOP candidates, meanwhile, took to Twitter to blast Obamacare and the Supreme Court's ruling:
Jeb Bush:
I am disappointed in the Burwell decision, but this is not the end of the fight against ObamaCare. http://t.co/3yaEVF1TaW
— Jeb Bush (@JebBush) June 25, 2015​

Marco Rubio:
I disagree with the Court’s ruling and believe they have once again erred in trying to correct the mistakes made by President Obama...
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 25, 2015​
...and Congress in forcing ObamaCare on the American people.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 25, 2015​
Despite the Court’s decision, ObamaCare is still a bad law that is having a negative impact on our country and on millions of Americans.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 25, 2015​




I remain committed to repealing this bad law and replacing it...
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 25, 2015​

...with my consumer-centered plan that puts patients and families back in control of their health care decisions.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 25, 2015​

We need Consumer Care, not ObamaCare.
— Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) June 25, 2015​

Rick Perry:
Americans deserve better than what we’re getting with Obamacare. It’s time we repealed and replaced it! http://t.co/1EHfbVKBMa
— Rick Perry (@GovernorPerry) June 25, 2015​
Mike Huckabee:
There isn't a 'do-over’ provision in our Constitution that allows unelected, SCOTUS judges power to circumvent Congress & rewrite bad laws.
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 25, 2015​
#SCOTUS can't legislate from the bench & pass trillion dollar 'fix' to ObamaCare because Congress misread the states. http://t.co/IsTiI6Lqbz
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 25, 2015​

#ObamaCare ruling is judicial tyranny. http://t.co/Di6WjxOc3y
— Gov. Mike Huckabee (@GovMikeHuckabee) June 25, 2015​


Carly Fiorina:
It is outrageous that the Supreme Court once again rewrote ObamaCare to save this deeply flawed law https://t.co/NBAnohFTW7
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) June 25, 2015​

ObamaCare has not lived up to what we were promised. It has become clear that this law isn’t working http://t.co/qaAR7pNVQJ
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) June 25, 2015​

Repeal Obamacare and let the free market—not more crony capitalism—improve access and care for all Americans. http://t.co/qaAR7pNVQJ
— Carly Fiorina (@CarlyFiorina) June 25, 2015​


Scott Walker:
Today's #SCOTUScare ruling means Republicans must redouble their efforts to repeal and replace this destructive & costly law. -SKW
— Scott Walker (@ScottWalker) June 25, 2015​


And then there's Donald Trump, talking about Miss Universe:
Mexican gov doesn't want me talking about terrible border situation & horrible trade deals. Forcing Univision to get me to stop- no way!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) June 25, 2015​
 
Nothing has changed and yet great calamity has been avoided.

It's true. This is a great day, great news. But this case was an almighty crock from the beginning. It's a travesty and simply absurd that the country was ever put through this.

(Although it did give a lot of bloggers something to write about.)
 
"It's surely a victory for those who finally have affordable healthcare, and that's the most important thing."

For my wife and I, she being 10 years younger and 63, the decision apparently ensures her continuing participation in the Health care Act. Prior to it, she had absolutely no medical insurance whatever for 15 years. Fortunately, routine "doctoring" such as check-ups and continuing meds for B.P. were covered for the most part in rural Missouri, where we lived from '99-2012, by something the clinic there called "sliding fee". We never got a clear definition of how this worked, exactly, but office visits cost us each $15 out of pocket, lab work was also largely subsidized somehow, and opting for generics allowed our meager (meaning non-existent) income to pay for the meds. Had serious illness presented itself, I have no idea what the outcome might have been. Somehow, ultimately, taxpayers were the source of "sliding fee" funding.

Now, I know relatively little of such workings, but will illustrate with a little story, if you will allow me. Living in rural Missouri, working on a window, standing up on my workbench, in 2010, by then on Medicare, a small piece of wooden dowel fell beneath my feet, and I pitched forward off the bench, flailed to grab the handle of the door of our SUV on the way down, my wife standing several feet away. Bashed my forehead on the concrete floor, never lost consciousness, but was dazed, kept asking her what happened. She ran me in to town, Salem, 23 miles, a cop having led the way, calling for an ambulance to meet us at the edge of town. Ambulance took me 1/2 mile to a helipad next to a car dealership. Helicopter flew me about 100 miles to the big medical center in Columbia. Overnight stay, CT scan, no concussion, my wife drove up the next afternoon to take me home. Overnight I had regained my total recollection of the event.

The cost was enormous. Given the treatment rendered at Columbia, Salem Hospital could have done exactly the same treatment, the helicopter ride was not necessary. Overall, the experience cost more than $20,000. Medicare did it's part. I had no supplemental coverage, no way to pay for it. The charge for the 'copter worked thusly: $4000 to put the gurney on board, $40 per mile flown additional. Half the cost of the incident was the plane ride. I wound up paying monthly payments for 3 years. I had never even considered before: medical helicopters fly for profit. I see the medical care system as enigmatic: The Oath of Hippocrates guaranteeing healing of the sick, but in focus, only for profit. imp
 
I was hospitalized for 4 days in 2010... Total bill $46,000 I had surgery as an out patient one month later.. cost $20,000. I had insurance, however, if I didn't I am sure our local churches would have paid those bills for me. Isn't that the Republican alternative?
 
For me, the following has turned out to be true. First was that my employer had been paying for my medical cost, and my wife, for many years. As Obama care became obvious they ended my insurance support and put me on a cash basis for expenses of $2,500 per year. For each insurance I buy to replace what they had offered prior I put in a claim and get reimbursed. So far it does nearly cover all I apply for.

But my other costs have gone up in most of my medical experiences meaning higher amounts required before the insurance companies decide to step in with there rates for covering the various procedures. So my basic costs have gone up a bit.

My wife had a heart attack two months back. She has had much medical coverage in the hospital, twice now, and a surgical after care training and such place for at least three weeks, plus home care for three weeks now, still going on. No bills so far so just not sure how well we will make out on this very extended care process.

Back when I had brain surgery to remove an brain tumor, non cancerous, with lots of after care and training time, my company paid insurances of then pretty well covered most of it in the city where the hospital was and in my small country town where all the home care and doctoring took place.

Bottom line for my post is that todays insurance is costing me more than before and the benefits seem to be a bit less than before. I hope for all of us now enrolled and the future insured really do get a fair deal.

Our US budget is getting hit hard and partly to the cost of subsidizing our health care expenses, and that needs fixed soon. We can not as a nation stay so deeply in debt for any length of time or we will join several of the bankrupt countries of this world.
 
Republiclowns and their jack-booted agenda aside, it's readily apparent to all thinking adults on the planet that health care should be a basic human right, not a (deflated) political football or an exclusive privilege of the wealthy. As always, the so-called Supreme Court ruled strictly along party lines, with the usual swing vote mercifully landing in the hoped for corner. Meanwhile, the severely anal retentive Obama-bashers are in mourning as the rest of the world cheers. It was a good day all around.
 
SeaBreeze said:
:applause2: That's good news. We wouldn't have been affected either way because we have an exchange in our state, but it's crucial for all Americans to uphold the Affordable Care Act...good decision by the Supreme Court, and thank you President Obama.
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Like you, SB, I would not have been affected either way in California but I'm so over-joyed that the unreasoning, mean-spirited, selfish, cold-blooded hatred of the republicans was once again defeated. And, as an extra cherry on top, it was 6 - 3, not 5 - 4. Thank you, President Obama! And thank you, Supreme Court, for doing the right thing this time!
 
Glinda said:
Like you, SB, I would not have been affected either way in California but I'm so over-joyed that the unreasoning, mean-spirited, selfish, cold-blooded hatred of the republicans was once again defeated. And, as an extra cherry on top, it was 6 - 3, not 5 - 4. Thank you, President Obama! And thank you, Supreme Court, for doing the right thing this time!
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Oh, Glinda's here! Er, um, I mean, well said, madam!
 
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