Health Care Reform Constitutionality Upheld In Federal Court Ruling

Tx4obama

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Wed Jun-29-11 04:24 PM
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Health Care Reform Constitutionality Upheld In Federal Court Ruling

Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 04:29 PM by Tx4obama

Source: Associated Press via HuffPo

CINCINNATI -- A federal appeals court in Cincinnati has upheld President Barack Obama's health care overhaul.

The three-judge panel delivered a long opinion Wednesday with disagreement on some issues. But it affirmed a Michigan federal judge's earlier ruling that Congress can require Americans to have minimum insurance coverage.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/health-care-reform-constitutionality-ruling_n_886937.html

Edited to add - article with more info:

Bush-Appointed Former Scalia Clerk Upholds Constitutionality Of Health Care Law On Appeal
http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/06/bush-appointed-former-scalia-clerk-upholds-constitutionality-of-health-care-law.php?ref=fpblg

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Ice Number Nine

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Wed Jun-29-11 04:38 PM
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1. Now we get to see if Thomas recuses himself.

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mvd

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Wed Jun-29-11 05:38 PM
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2. I think Congress has the power, since they don't force you to buy

The mandate isn't the worst thing. It's that there's no public option (or better yet, single payer.)

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christx30

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Wed Jun-29-11 08:38 PM
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4. It's not the worst thing

except for people that me that will have to choose between paying an insurance premium, and paying rent.
And any policy that I could "afford" wouldn't do anything for me. There would still be a lot of out of pocket expense.

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mvd

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Wed Jun-29-11 09:32 PM
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5. I fully understand. That's more a problem with the law itself..

Edited on Wed Jun-29-11 09:33 PM by mvd

than the mandate IMO. They make you choose private insurance that's too expensive. If the mandate is just like a tax we pay for responsibility, that would be better than it being a fine. I think all of that talk of making not paying criminal is all right wing falsehoods the Repukes made up.

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James48

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Wed Jun-29-11 05:56 PM
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3. Right-winger heads exploding

Details of the ruling here- in the 68-page opinion.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/58989353/Supreme-Court-Upholds-Constitutionality-of-Health-Care-Law

READ IT AND WEEP, BREITBART!

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