Supreme Court Decisions
Live coverage of the decisions released by the Supreme Court of the United States
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Robert Laszewski, president of Health Policy and Strategy Associates:
“The stock market understands that if the individual mandate had been tossed, it wouldn’t have been that big of a deal for insurance companies. They would have withdrawn from the individual and small group market.
It didn’t hurt Medicaid HMOs because people aren’t worried about a bunch of states refusing Medicaid money. Maybe one state turns it down. Maybe Kansas does. Big deal. Most won’t.
The bottom line here is that constitutional scholars will get excited about all sorts of things, but only one thing happened here today: ACA was upheld and we’re on to the elections. Conservatives were hoping that the Supreme Court would kill (ACA) for them. Now they have to try to kill it at the ballot box. .
Everyone said this is a political court. That didn’t come out today. It’s an ideological court.
Don’t think this will affect the election at all. People who love ACA love it. People who hate it hate it. -
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Count the cameras! Lindsey Graham's words today will be well preserved. p.twimg.com
by David Ingram via twitter 6/28/2012 3:25:01 PM -
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Tom Daschle told CNN
"I'm euphoric. Obviously this is a green light with an exclamation point. What this says is lets's go forward now at full speed, we can implement, we can innovate, we can do all kinds of things that were held back in part because of the court decision. Now we know, now we can go forward. That won't stop the politics, it won't stop the policy debate, but we can go forward with implementation and that's great news."
What about court calling it tax increase?
"The politics will continue to play itself out, you're going to see ads of all kinds from here to the election and a lot of money spent trying to persuade people about the negative side of this ruling. But the bottom line is we've mandated retirement insurance through Social Security as a tax, we've mandated hospital Medicare Part A insurance as a tax, so this is not unprecedented -
Erick Ford of the Nat Ctr for Public Policy Research tells me if mandaby josephax via twitter 6/28/2012 3:27:09 PM -
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Oops sorry. Ford says if mandate is now a tax, it's one the Am people don't want. And last time we had unpop taxes it led to a revolution...by josephax via twitter 6/28/2012 3:28:19 PM
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FreedomWorks interviewer: "Is it your sense that the Constitution is still in good shape at this point?"by David Ingram via twitter 6/28/2012 3:30:26 PM
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.@SenMikeLee: "Yes, it's still in good shape."by David Ingram via twitter 6/28/2012 3:30:35 PM
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Lot of talk about electing a prez who "respects the Constitution." Asked a few folks about "Romneycare" but they said doesn't bother them.by josephax via twitter 6/28/2012 3:30:55 PM
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Republican Senator Lindsey Graham just released a statement that may provide some insight into the right’s line on the ruling.
“To our Democratic colleagues, stand by your tax increase or stand with us to Repeal and Replace Obamacare,” he said. As the court ruled the mandate a tax, Republicans will likely point to the law as a major tax hike.
“The problem for the American people is this is a massive tax increase at a time they can least afford it and Obamacare will jeopardize the quality and accessibility of health care.”
This line could certainly become a regular one for the GOP leading up to November. As Mitt Romney is slated to speak at 11:45, we’ll see if he adopts it. -
The interviewer, Dean Clancy, and the senator, Mike Lee. p.twimg.com
by David Ingram via twitter 6/28/2012 3:33:12 PM -
A few leftover photos from earlier. Belly dancing for single payer! p.twimg.com
by josephax via twitter 6/28/2012 3:34:27 PM -
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.@SenMikeLee is telling reporters that the court was "wrong" to "shoehorn" the healthcare law into the taxing authority.by David Ingram via twitter 6/28/2012 3:36:22 PM
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.SenMikeLee: this is a "hollow and temporary victory for the individual mandate."by David Ingram via twitter 6/28/2012 3:39:41 PM
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