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Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 10:04 am
by Freed Roger
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/25/politics/ ... obamacare/
In a 6-3 decision, the Supreme Court saved the controversial health care law that will define President Barack Obama's administration for generations to come.
The ruling holds that the Affordable Care Act authorized federal tax credits for eligible Americans living not only in states with their own exchanges but also in the 34 states with federal marketplaces. It staved off a major political showdown and a mad scramble in states that would have needed to act to prevent millions from losing health care coverage.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 10:33 am
by Joe Shlabotnik
Common sense wins at the Supreme Court over the strident objections of Antonin Scalia. I'm nonplussed.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 10:47 am
by Freed Roger
Joe Shlabotnik wrote:Common sense wins at the Supreme Court over the strident objections of Antonin Scalia. I'm nonplussed.
GOP would have been in a world of hurt coming up with an alternative if the decision went the other way. They would have to actually do something about the issue. I wonder if Scalia's objections were more for show.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 10:50 am
by letsgocards89
We're now in a place where the SCOTUS rewrites laws to ensure they stay constitutional. Is that really a place we want to be? They should have sent the thing back the first time around and made Congress write something that doesn't suck.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 10:55 am
by Jocephus
what did scotus rewrite?
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 11:06 am
by heyzeus
Jocephus wrote:what did scotus rewrite?
They didn't, they just found that the legislative intent was to
not write a law that would be interpreted in such a way that would cause the entire system it created to collapse.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 11:07 am
by ghostrunner
I'm so glad we avoided that mess.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 11:28 am
by pioneer98
I'm glad it was upheld but Conservatives will be campaigning against it forever. It's never going away. But maybe this will force them to come up with an actual alternative.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 11:34 am
by pioneer98
Also: look at how much time was wasted arguing over the wording of 1 sentence of this bill.
Re: Affordable Care Act (AKA Obamacare)
Posted: June 25 15, 12:15 pm
by Jocephus
heyzeus wrote:Jocephus wrote:what did scotus rewrite?
They didn't, they just found that the legislative intent was to
not write a law that would be interpreted in such a way that would cause the entire system it created to collapse.
yeah thats what i thought