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The SCOTUS will be releasing their decision on the mandate of the ACA.
I have seen many heated discussions here on DU on that very subject.
So, what is your opinion of the mandate.
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I support the mandate and hope the SCOTUS upholds it. | |
2 (18%) |
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I would prefer single payer but I accept the mandate and hope the SCOTUS upholds it. | |
5 (45%) |
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ACA doesn't really depend on the mandate so it doesn't matter. | |
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I am against the mandate and the SCOTUS should declare it unconstitutional. | |
4 (36%) |
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I shouldn't have to pay for someone else's healthcare, get rid of ACA completely. | |
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ACA is so flawed it needs to be trashed and start over. | |
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The market place knows best and government should get out of the healthcare business. | |
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Skink
(10,122 posts)Otherwise I support universal care.
Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)make it even marginally effective.
Of course the only real solutions all involve ridding ourselves of the parasitic insurance industry.
Tom Rinaldo
(22,913 posts)From a narrow "this issue only" perspective I will never support any mandate that forces me to buy insurance from a private company, or threatens to fine me if I don't. I could support a mandate if all who were subject to it had a public option as a viable choice to buying from private insurers. I feel very strongly about this. What I actually support is universal coverage single payer health care.
I know though that there is a political dimension to all policy. Sometimes the big picture rightfully dwarfs the small picture. I do not want to see an all Republican controlled government elected in 2012. So, depending on the skill of the Democratic electoral team to score points with the public vis a vis the Court decision, I hope for whatever decision will help Democrats win the 2012 elections.