Supreme Court to hear health care case in March

[B_J 2,752]

The Supreme Court said Monday it will hear arguments next March over President Barack Obama's main domestic achievement, health care overhaul, setting up an election year showdown.

The decision to hear arguments in the spring allows plenty of time for a decision in late June, just over four months before Election Day.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45287817/ns/politics-more_politics/#.TsE66VawUwY

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Finally.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

And just in time: Support rises for health insurance mandate

A majority of people now rejects freeloaders and favors that people take personal responsibility for their coverage. There is hope for America after all.

[slim 1,514]

By that time each state will have already drafted constitutional prohibitions on mandatory coverage.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

By that time each state will have already drafted constitutional prohibitions on mandatory coverage.

And if those are found to be inconsistent with the US Constitution, these prohibitions will mean nothing at all.

[Obama 2012 1,714]

if it survives, buy ammo.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

if it survives, buy ammo.

Buy all the ammo you want. If it survives, your days of freeloading are finally over.

[Leatherneck 693]

Buy all the ammo you want. If it survives, your days of freeloading are finally over.

If it survives, be ready to buy the whatever else the know-it-alls in DC decide is best for us.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

If it survives, be ready to buy the whatever else the know-it-alls in DC decide is best for us.

I am very much in favor of everyone ensuring they have essential health care coverage. Quite frankly, I am tired of being part of the crowd that collectively picks up hundreds of billions of dollars worth of health care cost that is incurred for the treatment of freeloaders.

[mawilson 2,133]

if it survives, buy ammo.

When DC is done with you, you're not gonna have any money left to buy ammo! They'll make you buy health insurance instead - LOL

Edited November 14, 2011 by mawilson

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

When DC is done with you, you're not gonna have any money left to buy ammo! They'll make you buy health insurance instead - LOL

[Obama 2012 1,714]

Buy all the ammo you want. If it survives, your days of freeloading are finally over.

heh. You only wish I was a freeloader.

[Brother Hesekiel 2,235]

As admittedly flawed Mr. O's health care plan is, compared to single payer and the public option, it's a big improvement over what we have now: sh*t.

I'm healthy as an ox, but have to pay $2,400 per month (!) for health insurance. I have cost my health insurance perhaps two or three thousand dollars in medical costs in the past 20 years, but I have paid in through the nose since 2006. Why? Because back then I went to a routine medical for a professional license and had too much caffeine beforehand, which caused my blood pressure to be over "normal." We redid the blood pressure test the next morning -- without coffee -- and my reading was fine, but that incident caused the insurance company to notice "a history of hypertension!" Yay!

With Mr. O's plan, I will have to pay no more than 20% of my income. Since I make decent money, it will still be substantial, but it will be substantially less. So while the mandate will force everyone to be insured, Uncle Sam will make sure that it won't cost too much. I call that a first step in the right direction, as it follows what most European countries do as well: insure everybody, including those who have very little money.

Eventually we will have a better system in the U.S. as well, but this is a first step I really appreciate.