Think about it: a Conservative Chief Justice just handed us what we need to make single payer possible down the road.

He upheld the mandate as a tax.

Now we just have to tax individuals to fund Medicare-for-all.

We now have a program. Soon even republicans will figure out a better (money saving) way to pay for it.

At least my husband and I won't have to get a divorce in order to avoid financial ruin.

You'll live and the act will be improved. Cheer up.

It's a start. And there are millions of other people out there
who are eternally grateful to the SCOTUS assholes for the
leg up.

Glad for the ruling, but hope the fab five assholes burn in hell for eternity
for making our country even MORE of a laughingstock.

Something that preyed on me like crazy!

"Democrats" come in to hand you your head.

People can't seem to see past their party or their candidate. Like you, I look around and just shake my head. Not only are things like this defended they are vehemently defended and anyone who dares to question policy or decisions, is made fun of, snarked at, laughed at or banned.

edit: shit too late, now you need to take a nap or go stand in the toilet you evil Obama hater

Just like the tides

That not a single member of the Republican Party in either the Senate or House voted for it; Republicans brought a case to the Supreme Court to get it struck down; and now every Republican Party leader has made a statement today that the new goal is to REPEAL it in its entirety.

But in your "scientific" view, they secretly really all wanted it.

We're just too dumb to see the direction this law can and will take us in.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002869426

huge step to a universal health care system like the rest of the civilized world.

I could not be happier right now. I'm still in shock, but I'm very happy.

but making a tax makes it such that universal health care conversation can NOW begin. Is it over or done? No! May it take decades? Highly likely, but the paradigm has shifted massively now. The talking points shift now for both sides.

We wanted universal health care. What we got was THIS.

But as always, the perfect is the enemy of the good.

Bake

If ACA went down the chance for any change in health care would be unlikely. No one would be willing to go out on a limb and try again, at least not in my life time.

I look at this as a foundation that can be built upon.

clearly the American public is dead set against that.

What I wanted was a plan with no mandate, and with a public option.

I thought I voted for that in the Democratic primaries. Coulda sworn there was a candidate who was against a mandate, and favored a public option. In fact, he spoke to Congress and said he would not sign a plan that didn't have a public option.

Instead I got a plan with no public option and with a mandate.

I guess when he promised "change" it meant that he would change his positions after I voted for him.

Once again I apoligize to all the Hillary supporters in the primary for thinking that she was worse than him.

Interesting.

FAIL.

it must have been the right thing to do.

Just like the permanent payroll tax cut for the rich and just like the permanent extensions of the Bush/Obama tax cuts.

The Heritage Foundation must be beaming today.

For me, better. Absolutely.

But it's OUR rip off.


--imm

I know the difference between health care and health insurance, and what you get with each of them.

To think that liberals would be celebrating Bob Dole's old "health care" plan makes my head spin.

and rain on my parade and throw cold water on me.

I am asking you not to do that.

There's not a lot of cause to hold onto blind faith that the American System is self-correcting.

Not Epic Fail, at all. Perhaps, except to those who are willfully blind to the dangers of a private mandate. What's next, privatization of all taxes? Pay Boeing directly for each bomber and Lockheed Martin Corp. for tapping your telephone?

That tin foil helmet must be a pretty tight fit!

insurance executives, and universal health care was taken off the table. Look at all the new customers they will now being collecting premiums from.