I don't know what made Chief Justice Roberts vote the way he did on the
Affordable Healthcare case.
Maybe his check from Karl Rove and the Heritage Foundation got lost in the mail, while Thomas, Scalia and Alito laughed all the way to the bank.
Or maybe it was as simple as Justice Roberts remembering that he is the Chief Justice of the United States of ALL of America and not just some cantankerous group of ultra conservatives bent on destroying the Republic.
The fact remains, that despite all the newly formed conservative conspiracy theories, Chief Justice Roberts got it right and for that I can only say thank you.
Thank you as a woman, and thank you as someone with a chronic, eventually terminal and pre existing condition. Roberts gave me back my human-ness instead of relegating me to the forgettable statistic column.
Soon, maybe even dental work will become routine for all Americans.
The correct analogy is that the healthcare penalty is like the tax on cigarettes or the tax on liquor or the tax on gasoline. This is what Justice Roberts pointed out to the court.
These taxes are only paid by users. In other words...if you smoke cigarettes or drink whiskey or drive a car, then you must pay the taxes to do so.
In other words, you can no longer treat the emergency room as your own personal doctor's office without penalty. You won't pay it when you get treated, but you will pay it on your taxes.
That is all that the Affordable Healthcare Law does. It does not expand government power. Government, as Justice Roberts said, already has and exercises this power.
Right now, co-pays for preventive care have been wiped out.
Right now, the insurance companies cannot drop you when you get sick.
Seniors get help with their drugs purchases.
Those checks are now in the mail.
His program is very successful. Folks in Massachusetts love Romneycare. It was and remains the plan upon which The Affordable Healthcare Law is based.
The individual mandate...the penalty that everyone is bitching about, was a creation of the Heritage Foundation conservative think tank that now fights tooth and nail and buys supreme court justices with the names of Scalia, Alito and Thomas.
It's
that simple, really...
Maybe
it was like Sophia said in The Color Purple; “Day iz a gawd!”
Maybe his check from Karl Rove and the Heritage Foundation got lost in the mail, while Thomas, Scalia and Alito laughed all the way to the bank.
Or maybe it was as simple as Justice Roberts remembering that he is the Chief Justice of the United States of ALL of America and not just some cantankerous group of ultra conservatives bent on destroying the Republic.
Nobody
will ever know unless he opens up about it somewhere in the distant
future.
The fact remains, that despite all the newly formed conservative conspiracy theories, Chief Justice Roberts got it right and for that I can only say thank you.
Thank you as a woman, and thank you as someone with a chronic, eventually terminal and pre existing condition. Roberts gave me back my human-ness instead of relegating me to the forgettable statistic column.
Justice
Roberts vote finally brought some equality to women. Pregnancy is no
longer considered a pre existing condition. Birth control becomes
free, just like viagra. Preventative healthcare is moved to the
forefront.
Soon, maybe even dental work will become routine for all Americans.
The
media and its talking head conservative driven news programs is
making much of the idea that now everyone has a new tax to deal with
because of the Affordable Healthcare Law....That the penalty is a
tax hike that all taxpayers must anti up.....This is simply not
true.
The correct analogy is that the healthcare penalty is like the tax on cigarettes or the tax on liquor or the tax on gasoline. This is what Justice Roberts pointed out to the court.
These taxes are only paid by users. In other words...if you smoke cigarettes or drink whiskey or drive a car, then you must pay the taxes to do so.
The
same is now true for healthcare.
In other words, you can no longer treat the emergency room as your own personal doctor's office without penalty. You won't pay it when you get treated, but you will pay it on your taxes.
Because
everyone needs healthcare...because everyone gets sick...or has an
accident..simply gets older...the law states you have to pay for your
healthcare, whether it be through buying a plan, privately purchased,
through your employer, or through any number of insurance exchanges
that are being set up.
If
you choose not to buy insurance before you get sick, you have to pay
a penalty on your income tax. It's as simple as that. Buy
insurance...no penalty...Don't buy insurance..pay the tax..
This
tax eliminates the free ride....If you play...you now will have to
pay. And since everyone will eventually need a doctor or medical
care...everyone pays for his or her own healthcare.
That is all that the Affordable Healthcare Law does. It does not expand government power. Government, as Justice Roberts said, already has and exercises this power.
The
other thing that is being overlooked is that most of the Affordable
Healthcare Law won't take affect until 2014.
Right
now, parents can keep their college age kids insured until they are
26.
Right now, co-pays for preventive care have been wiped out.
Children
with pre existing condition must be granted insurance with no
expiration date.
Right now, the insurance companies cannot drop you when you get sick.
Seniors get help with their drugs purchases.
And
insurance companies are being forced to use the money they collect
from us on medical care for us. If they don't...they are required by
law to give us back our money in cash.
Those checks are now in the mail.
And
despite what the GOP says the plan is working. Ask a doctor or a
nurse or someone other than a politician whose only goal is to deny
Barack Obama a second term in the Presidency.
Mittons
Romney doubled down on his “repeal and replace” position
yesterday. He lied to you about what happened with Romneycare in
Massachusetts when he was governor.
His program is very successful. Folks in Massachusetts love Romneycare. It was and remains the plan upon which The Affordable Healthcare Law is based.
But
he chooses to side with the nut bags...just to get elected
President...as if it is his Mormon-given right to lead us. (there is
Mormon prophecy that speaks to this divine right to lead)
He.....Mitt
Romney is a liar...he lies about healthcare,...he lies about his role
in creating healthcare...he lies about his positions on jobs and the
economy without telling you what his real positions are...
The
whole truth of the healthcare law is that “Obamacare” as the
right insists on calling it was modeled after "Romneycare" which was modeled after the 1993 version of the
healthcare act that was put forth solely and completely the
Republican party.
The individual mandate...the penalty that everyone is bitching about, was a creation of the Heritage Foundation conservative think tank that now fights tooth and nail and buys supreme court justices with the names of Scalia, Alito and Thomas.
The
Affordable Healthcare Law is, was and remains a Republican
idea, adopted by Mitt Romney when he was a governor, which was then adopted by Barack Obama in his unceasing and suicidal efforts
to work with Congress in a bipartisan manner.
Their
law...his name... and they don't like it...
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