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joether -> RE: SCOTUS and health insurance subsidies (3/4/2015 8:08:55 AM)
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ORIGINAL: defiantbadgirl
What do you think their decision will be and why? If subsidies are taken away, would the resulting chaos lead to President Obama expanding Medicare to all by executive order?
Lets start with the basics:
Who on this forum has read the actual law? All 2409 pages of it?
I have, anyone else? No....
Who can find the actual text to the bill?
I can.
And this is important to a healthy discussion. Since those that can not say 'yes' to both questions will be told, by others, what and how to think by media organizations. Some of them with a political and/or religious agenda for taking such action. These organizations will try and sad as it sounds, will, control many of the minds of Americans into believing stuff that is not explained in the law. Further, most Americans will not have access to the documents Democrats are submitting to the US Supreme Court explaining the 'spirit' of the law's intentions and purpose in clear ideas. These were created at the time of the law's approval, and not just recently.
The heart of the question is whether the intention and law would require individual states to pay the subsidies or the federal government. The challengers want to say it as an undo burden on the states and in violation of the law. Since to force states to pay for the subsidies of their own citizens would bankrupt a few states (i.e. Kansas). The Democrats state the intention of the subsides would come from the federal government, and thus, not create an undo burden on the states. That the states were to form exchanges and the subsidies as explain in the law would come directly from the government to the states, and onto the individuals.
To say its a bit...complicated....would not be to far from reality in this case. That most Americans including those outside, will not grasp the intricate details to well is a bit disappointing. The problem the US Supreme Court faces is one of being 'constitutionally' correct verse 'politically correct'. For them to remain credible in America's eyes, they have to state 'Constitutionally' correct. Which will be a very hard line to follow give the underlying conditions in the country right now. Most arent even aware of the underlying conditions...either! The political correct answer is to side in favor of the GOP. The GOP needs a 'major win' on healthcare, ans they have been floundering in that area for years. A political answer from the majority of US Supreme Court members (i.e. the five conservatives) would undermine the court's future credibility by Americans. Again, most Americans are not going to realize that until further down the road. The historians will point at cases like this one, for why the US Supreme Court failed the American people.
What happens after the decision, can not really be explained yet. The decision first has to be explained.
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