These five people just saved millions of Americans

[ProSense]

BREAKING: Supreme Court Upholds Individual Mandate As A Tax

By Igor Volsky

The Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate in Obamacare, paving the way for full implementation of the law in the states and ensuring that millions of uninsured Americans haves access to affordable coverage. The court upheld the provision as a tax. The Medicaid expansion is limited, but not invalidated, the court found. In short: “the entire ACA is upheld, with the exception that the federal government’s power to terminate states’ Medicaid funds is narrowly read.” Roberts joined Sotomayor, Breyer, Ginsburg, and Kagan in the 5 to 4 decision. Kennedy sided with the conservatives.



http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/06/28/507940/breaking-supreme-court-upholds-individual-mandate-as-a-tax/

Affordable Care Act upheld



http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/28/1103888/-Affordable-Care-Act-upheld

Reminder:

What's at stake in today's Obamacare decision

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• If you're employed, and insured, you'll probably lose the free preventative care services you've enjoyed since last year. Some 54 million people took advantage of the physical exams, cancer screenings, flu shots, child immunizations, etc. that the law provides for, with no co-pay.
  
  
• If you're a young adult and don't have coverage through school or work, you might still be on your parents' health insurance plan, thanks to the ACA. Say good-bye to that.
  
  
• If you're a parent with a child with a serious illness, your child could once again be denied coverage because of the illness. One of the first provisions of the Act outlawed denying coverage to children with pre-existing conditions. That'll be gone.
  
  
• If you're a senior and fall in the "donut hole," the coverage gap in which many seniors pay for their drugs out of pocket, get ready to start spending again, because the gap is going to open up again.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/28/1103719/-What-s-at-stake-in-today-s-Obamacare-decision

[NYC Liberal]

1. Proud to be the first rec!

[ProSense]

2. Thanks

Happy dance!

[asjr]

3. Roberts was probably afraid to go against it. His image would be dust if he had and

I don't think he could have survived that. The others don't give a hoot.

[LynneSin]

13. He was doing it to protect the GOP

Better they keep the 'boogieman Obamacare' alive then kicking millions of people out of their insurance and affordable prescription plans.

[SidDithers]

4. DU rec...nt

Sid

[Laelth]

5. Let us hope this works out for the best.

I never thought I'd see Democrats celebrating the ascendancy of a Republican plan spawned by the Heritage Foundation, but wonders never cease.

Sigh.

-Laelth

[ProSense]

6. Well,

"I never thought I'd see Democrats celebrating the ascendancy of a Republican plan spawned by the Heritage Foundation, but wonders never cease. "

...I never thought "I'd see Democrats celebrating" the possibility of returning to the status quo (no expansion of Medicaid, no ban on dropping people with a pre-existing condition, no free preventive care for seniors, no improved MLR, etc.).

[Laelth]

8. I know. I admire your fastidious devotion to the President.

I do not share it. And you and I both know that I am not a supporter of the status quo, but, sometimes, the medicine is worse than the disease, and I think the ACA is one of those cases. I think it enriches and strengthens the very cause of the problem--the health insurance industry.

I hope the future proves me wrong.

-Laelth

[ProSense]

11. Right, because

"I know. I admire your fastidious devotion to the President. I do not share it."

...your opinion of my "devotion to the President," has an impact on the 16 million who will receive Medicaid, those who will no longer be dropped by insurance companies and the benefits to seniors and young people?

I'm talking about the facts of health care, not about "devotion to the President."

[kestrel91316]

7. I don't give a rat's ass whose plan it is. It will make medical insurance affordable for me again

come 2014. I'm 55, so that is a BIG HAIRY EFFING DEAL to me.

But thanks for masquerading as a good teabagger and wishing death on me and millions like me.

[Laelth]

9. I am glad that this law will help you.

I hope it does not further enrich and empower the very cause of our problem--the health insurance industry. We'll see how it plays out.

-Laelth

[treestar]

12. So what if it enriches them

What is wrong with strengthening the health care industry? What interests is it of anyone for it to be weak? So what if insurance companies make money (less, since there are caps). People will get health care. I'd rather people get health care (and a better means to pay for it) that indulge in the alleged tears of insurance companies (who would have been happy if that failed.)

[Harmony Blue]

10. It is a tax

and Norquist/Heritage foundation are now clearly aligned against it. Times change.

[iloveObama12]

14. "These 5 People" Obama Would Like To Thank You For This

Obama 2012!