Health Care Law Massacred in Supreme Court

[KenC]

Would you be for punishing people who make poor decisions, ie alcoholics, fatties, etc and having them pay more, since they use more of the resources?

A double-mandate tends to work this issue out. The small percentage of chronically ill patients are balanced with the large population of healthy ones.

[herbivor]

So the question the SC had to tackle today was if the individual mandate portion is struck down, does that mean the whole bill should be struck down? There are a myriad of good things in there that have nothing to do with the individual mandate. If the entire bill gets struck down, a million people will immediately lose insurance coverage.
Thoughts?

[jrobie79]

a million whole people? what is that, less than .5% of the population? shit, more people than that need cars for work that don't have them, UNIVERSAL VEHICLES FOR THE WHOLE POPULATION!!!!!!!!

[KenC]

a million whole people? what is that, less than .5% of the population? shit, more people than that need cars for work that don't have them, UNIVERSAL VEHICLES FOR THE WHOLE POPULATION!!!!!!!!

Generic hyperbole reply!! Two can play at this game LOL

[Vedubin01]

If the entire bill gets struck down, a million people will immediately lose insurance coverage.
Thoughts?

No because the benefits from Oboma-care has not taken effect yet. So they are out nothing.

[KenC]

No because the benefits from Oboma-care has not taken effect yet. So they are out nothing.

Coverage on parents' plan until 26 was effective almost immediately. It resulted in just over a million youth becoming insured.

[herbivor]

No because the benefits from Oboma-care has not taken effect yet. So they are out nothing.

Uh, yeah it has. While the mandate is not in effect until 2014 there are many parts of the bill in effect right now such as coverage to thousands of people between ages 18 and 26 who can still ride under their parent's insurance. Kill the bill and those people get dropped. That's one example of many. There are also tons of things effecting the insurance companies right now that would totally fuck them (and us) if the bill was repealed.

[jrobie79]

6-3 ALL DAY, watch

[herbivor]

6-3 ALL DAY, watch

Now they get to deliberate for three months on it. One can change their mind when they have time to think on it.

[jrobie79]

Now they get to deliberate for three months on it. One can change their mind when they have time to think on it.

you're right...... 7-2 would be DEVASTATING

[z31maniac]

I'm surprised no one has pointed out the ineptitude of people like Ginsburg.

Hilarious to listen to a Supreme Court Justice not even understand the precedent of previous Supreme Court cases and how they would apply to the healthcare law.

Look up the wickard wheat case of 1942.

[jrobie79]

did you hear kagan talking about "a boatload of federal money" and things from the federal govt are just gifts.... she is a fucking retard and it pains me that people like that can be elevated to the level she is

[herbivor]

Im surprised Scalia said and I'm paraphrasing. "do you expect me to read this 2700 page bill?" uh yeah, it's your fucking job as a judge. blew my mind that he would judge such an important bill without reading it.

[HarryPotter]

Im surprised Scalia said and I'm paraphrasing. "do you expect me to read this 2700 page bill?" uh yeah, it's your fucking job as a judge. blew my mind that he would judge such an important bill without reading it.

Yet there are 4 supreme court judges that detest our nations constitution? Blew my fucking mind!!

[jrobie79]

Yet there are 4 supreme court judges that detest our nations constitution? Blew my fucking mind!!

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