WHAT THEY SAID...


The president's health care law is hurting our economy by driving up health costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire. Today's ruling underscores the urgency of repealing this harmful law in its entirety. What Americans want is a common-sense, step-by-step approach to health care reform that will protect Americans' access to the care they need, from the doctor they choose, at a lower cost. Republicans stand ready to work with a president who will listen to the people and will not repeat the mistakes that gave our country ObamaCare." — Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio.

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"This decision is a victory for the American people. With this ruling, Americans will benefit from critical patient protections, lower costs for the middle class, more coverage for families, and greater accountability for the insurance industry." — House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

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"It's a great moment to just think about what this will mean for the millions and millions of Americans who have already benefited from the Affordable Care Act and so many more who will continue to do so. There will be a lot of work to do to get it implemented and understand what the opinion says, but obviously, I was quite excited to hear the results." — Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.

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"What's important to remember is that what the court rules on is whether something is constitutional or not, not whether it's a good idea. And while the court has said that the law is constitutional, it remains a bad idea for our economy, and I hope that in the fall we will have a majority here that will not just repeal this law, but replace it with real solutions that will insure more people and cost a lot less money." — Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida.

I didn't realize that Rubio was actually in favor of single payer!!

One word- REPEAL!!!

nope, not really

no more than the court has to explain why it calls it a tax,, its a difference in how the bill was perceived,, not a crime nor unusual

the defense of the increase is the 846 billion (and rising) in dollars that healthcare is costing the country , this helps to cover a good portion of it,,

Im sure the republicans are planning alot more shenanigans to try and crush the historical decision,,,,


and avoid working on serious CURRENTLY PRESSING issues,,

Now what's to stop the government from mandating we buy anything?
And if we don't buy whatever it is they just tax us. This opens a whole new can of worms and gives the government way to much power to control what we have in our lives.

Enslaving us by FORCING us to buy what we maybe don't want or need, IS a pressing issue! Wake up.

Not that it matters anyway, republican or democrat both work for the same team in the end. Hint hint, it's not for us.

well, they have to show a relevant INTEREST in that something

since healthcare costs are a SIGNIFICANT part of the US BUDGET,, I think this 'something' applies,,,,

Taxing the poor? Not so sure the poor will have to pay more in taxes. This will hit the Middle Class the hardest like always.

I absolutely hate this "law".

There was a Drug Import Bill that was stuck down months before the Healthcare Bill. That bill would have made it legal for U.S. citizens to shop for your medicine in other countries. One drug here can be priced 300% higher (or worse)than somewhere else. That would have been a great, common sense move but it didn't get passed. And why wasn't this included in the HC Reform Bill.

Another point to ponder:
This law is suppose to mean that people with pre-existing conditions will not get turned away from insurance coverage. Let's say a certain company looks at a new, possible customer with a pre-existing condition. That patient's care will cost them easily $300,000.00 for the coming year. BUT IF they deny this person and not allow them to be a customer/member, they may get found out eventually and slapped with a fine. For the sake of this argument, I will make the fine $10,000.00.

What would the company rather do? I think they will accept the risk of an eventual fine then accept someone with pre-existing conditions as a new policy holder.

Who will be caught? Since they will probably force us to show proof of medical insurance in our income tax filings, those people who don't have medical insurance will we be punished with a fine. A fine that automatically gets taken out of one's income tax return.

I also heard that Obama said this healthcare would costs no more than a trillion. It is now estimated to cost SEVENTEEN trillion over that first trillion.

The above are just a few thoughts. There are very disturbing aspects of this law like what form of biometric ID may be forced upon us and that real time electronic billing will be attached to our bank accounts?

I will NOT be a part of biometric ID !!

This healthcare law needs to go. Get rid of Obama. He should get impeached!

That's the point. Healthcare should be 0% of the budget.

I will amend this. Vets and military families are fine with having government support for this.

good luck with that,,,taking healthcare out of the budget,,,

especially with a growingly unhealthy 'american' , fast and satisfied lifestyle,,,

So in reality, for the time being this is much ado about nothing?

And why should that be the governments problem? If people want to be fat and lazy that is their own personally problem. Seriously do people not even take responsibility for their own health. Americans are fat because they eat too much and exercise too little.

And why should that be the governments problem? If people want to be fat and lazy that is their own personally problem. Seriously do people not even take responsibility for their own health. Americans are fat because they eat too much and exercise too little.