The decision came in a case brought by Republican attorneys general, including Josh Hawley of Missouri, who tweeted the following comment after the decision was announced:
Tonight TX court has declared Obamacare individual mandate unconstitutional. Now it’s time for both parties to work together to lower healthcare costs, improve access to quality care for all, and protect those with preexisting conditionsHawley's statement appears to be following a grand tradition established by others in the Republican Party of being in a rush to destroy the Affordable Care Act without having the slightest idea of what to put in its place.
In her statement on the court's decision, the woman who lost to Hawley in November, Sen. Claire McCaskill noted that Hawley won, but has no replacement for what will be lost if the Affordable Care Act is eliminated.
. @HawleyMO has won the victory he sought in his lawsuit. Obamacare has been gutted by a Texas Court due to his lawsuit. Rs promised repeal and replace. They didn’t. Now @HawleyMo has done repeal thru courts. But there’s no replace. Scary stuff for millions.— Claire McCaskill (@clairecmc) December 15, 2018
11 comments:
Something needs to be done. The affordable healthcare act is a disaster. The rising costs are not sustainable.
The answer to high prices is more profits!
Then when the big companies us the profits to cut costs and raise executive salaries and deny people healthcare we can make 'murrica grate again!
Throw in a few leveraged buyouts and mergers with junk bonds and 'murricans will be winning to the point they want it to stop.
"The affordable healthcare act is a disaster."
Wait until all the morons that don't have insurance (because they are healthy) start flooding the hospitals and emergency rooms. Then you will see rising costs. Your alternative facts don't jive with the insurance companies findings. Who do you think pays for the un-insured? Now the orange idiot you call a president will FORCE the GOP to come up with an actual plan. He better hurry, because they don't have one now and no better than the GOP can lead, you folks without insurance may want to start forming your death panels. Figure out which of you weak republicans are going first.
Oren, have you been paying attention to costs since the affordable healthcare act went into effect? I would guess you are either subsidized or on Medicaid. One thing is for sure, you aren't a small business owner who for twenty years has tried his damndest to provide coverage for his employees only to see increases of anywhere between 12 and 23 percent each year since that ridiculous law was passed. It has done nothing except force the middle class to pay for low income family's health insurance while the rich dodge the bill. Just like every genius plot of the Democrats, it was designed to eliminate the middle class, not by lifting them up but by grinding them down to low income. If you believe otherwise, you are nothing more than a partisan idiot who is not capable of actual thought.
The United States is an enormously wealthy nation with the largest economy in the world, but we are the only first-world country whose citizens don't have universal health care and affordable medications. Our maternal and infant death rates are shocking, much higher than those in many other countries. Our infrastructure is aging and in some cases crumbling. How many of our bridges are now deemed iffy or flat-out unsafe to drive over? Income inequality continues to grow; a few families now control 70% of America's wealth. The general quality of life for most Americans continues to decline, while our budget deficits and national debt keep increasing.
When you consider all these things, you really should ask who is benefiting while most of us are suffering the consequences? Who grows richer and richer every year, while hard working people can never get ahead? And why do we keep choosing sides, slapping on political labels, and fighting each other, instead of teaming up to figure out who is responsible for running this once well managed country into the ground and holding them to account?
12:40, you are correct. However since we don't know your name we will have to dismiss your intelligent and well thought out post in order to appease Harvey Hutchinson.
12:06
I agree. That’s a good example of why we need Medicare for everyone.
Anonymmous 12:06 AM, evidently your head is too far up your sunless abyss to figure out who is going to pay for healthcare when you morons don't pay for it. To quote you, "Just like every genius plot of the Democrats, it was designed to eliminate the middle class". Duh, what conspiracy theorist are you listening to now? Tax breaks for the wealthy and corporations have done what? All that did was allow the corporations to buy back their own stock to prop up their shareholders. Your republican party is the "Trickle down" disaster that says eventually after propping up the rich, the middle and lower class will get theirs. Evidently you shouldn't be running a business if you can't keep your head above water, what with the orange moron's tariffs and all. I know many successful business owners that are doing just fine. Your lies sound like a partisan idiot that can only be fed alternative facts because you are allergic to the truth.
First of all Oren, why do you assume that the Republican party is mine? The reason I pointed out that the Democrats are all about crushing the middle income class into lower income class, is because it was relative to the topic. If we were discussing policies that the Republicans have screwed up, and there have been plenty of them, I would have pointed it out. As for my business, it does just fine. My point was that small business owners have been given one more hurdle that we must deal with due to a law that broke more than it fixed. You and your one sided view of the world is exactly what your donkey party wants. Open your eyes and think for yourself and stop being so angry because someone calls out your precious party. Democrat or Republican, it doesn't matter. The common person is not what either are concerned with.
11:14
WOW. Can you express an opinion without attacking the other person.
12:13, Oren Janus is doing what most on the left do, when someone disagrees with them they don't handle it well. Attacking and calling names is the left's nuclear option. It is sad because there are people here making very valid points.
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