Life is full of surprises and the Health Care Act going before the Supreme Court is one of them. Everyone thought this would be a slam dunk for the new health care law, but after the public hearings there were some second thoughts. Now even the president is getting into it with his latest push to show that Congress knew what it was doing and shouldn't be interfered with when it comes to making laws for the country.
The president isn't correct in this, as the Congress has in the past pushed through laws that did not pass muster before the Supreme Court. This one is on the borderline when it comes to whether it is constitutional, the arguments go both ways. There are a couple of things to consider, whether you are a Supreme Court Justice or a layman. One, our health care system is truly fractured. If you don't believe this take a few minutes and get sick or injured and you will discover this for yourself. Two, it needs fixed and not tomorrow, but today.
There are some great things in this new law, but 2,700 pages? Give me a break, I would agree with the justice that enlisted the 8th amendment, that is cruel and unusual punishment. This law wasn't passed in any normal way, especially when the state senator from Nebraska forced through reductions for Nebraska's payment percentage compared to the rest of the states in order to get his vote. A great way to get your favorite law passed. I think that is unconstitutional, why should Nebraska get special treatment just to get their senator to vote for this law? Make them pay up, too.
The truth is, the reason this law passed was because we do need a fix for the mess that our health care system is in. Another truth is, this is the largest tax increase in the history of our country and our federal representatives and senators could not pass up seeing that much money come rolling in to their control. Even the Supreme Court Justices asked why it wasn't called a tax and we the American people ask, too. We know why don't we? They couldn't have looked us in the eye and said they were doing us a favor, when they take all that money from us if they had called it a tax. They make you buy insurance or "pay a penalty", translated into English it is, "pay a tax" or "pay a tax".
This thing will pass because unfortunately we don't have any options here. We need something better than what we have and this is as good as it is going to get until it is fine tuned. Look for the Supreme Court to back Congress on this, which will come as a great surprise to many.
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