Will healthcare reform law be allowed to stand or be struck down?

by Mopeder Posted 2012/06/24 21:46:21

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	Stand	20 votes	27%
	Struck down	33 votes	44%
	Keep parts of it and get rid of some parts	14 votes	19%
	Undecided / Don't know	8 votes	11%

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Heptarch 2012/06/24 22:26:04

Struck down

+7
I think it will be struck down because of the mandate that everyone buy health insurance. I don't think that's Constitutional.
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Hawkeye to bigfoot 2012/06/24 23:15:11

+1
Looks like SOMEBODY is in DIRE need of healthcare..

MENTAL Health Care..

ROFLMAO..

YOU should check IN to your nearest institution before Obamacare decides YOU ain't worth the expense..

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Cleaver62 to Hawkeye 2012/06/26 20:33:25

Regular for profit health insurance makes its money by denying your claims. Pleanty of people are denied medical services on a regular basis. I would rather have an elected official, someone we can vote out of office if we don't like their choices that some bean counter whos job it is to make more money by handing out fewer tests and procedures.

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Harjot 2012/06/24 22:13:22

Undecided / Don't know

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What I want or what I think will happen? I would guess that the mandatory insurance payments will be struck down and the rest left standing.

I hope it is all allowed to stand. The USofA is the ONLY developed country that doesn't provide universal health care for its people. I find this shameful.

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Beccy to Harjot 2012/06/24 22:14:28

+2
It is a long way from universal health care. I agree it is shameful.

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Primiti... to Harjot 2012/06/24 22:44:29

+2
PPACA is not actually Universal Health Care which I would like to see. I would like to see the insurance companies taken completely out of the equation.

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Harjot to Primiti... 2012/06/26 11:12:51

That would be wonderful, I agree. It's not Universal Health Care, but at least it's a step in the correct direction.

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Beccy 2012/06/24 22:13:21

Stand

+5
It's a long way from what we need

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(▪‿▪)DoctorWhoGuru(▪‿▪) 2012/06/24 22:04:38

Stand

+4

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Stoner 2012/06/24 22:02:40

Stand

+1
bad for America so probably will stand...bad for the people good for the government

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Jester M.S. 2012/06/24 22:00:03 (edited)

Struck down

+5
At least part of it likely will be in all estimation. People who think otherwise are incredibly optimistic on the interpretation of the interstate commerce clause. I find that most people who argue for constitutional grounds of Obamacare are more worried about self interest and political points that constitutional mandates.

You can have a law that is well intended and conceived (as I believe this one was) and still be unconstitutional.

The court will strike this down and send it back to the drawing board on a measure that does not infringe upon civil rights.

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Rock 2012/06/24 21:53:34

Struck down

+2
The higher courts have a history of striking down anything that is on he cusp. The healthcare law was shoved down our throats and does nothing to make sure employers continue to provide benefits to their employees. It needs to go....I'm still waiting for common sense legislation.

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Mopeder 2012/06/24 21:49:36

Stand

+4
I have a more optimistic feeling about this that it will stand. That would be in the best interests of our country.

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Primiti... to Mopeder 2012/06/24 22:47:46

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Maybe, but the court is not supposed to judge what would be in the best interests of our country. Their guidelines are pretty concise. If it is unconstitutional then regardless of it's common good they must rule against it.

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Mopeder to Primiti... 2012/06/24 23:39:48

They could rule in favor. There would be nothing anyone could do about it.

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Primiti... to Mopeder 2012/06/25 00:02:33

Technically that isn't true, technically the SCOTUS can be reversed through a Constitutional amendment which of course isn't going to happen. But I have to ask do you really want a Supreme Court that doesn't do their one and only job? Would you really want a Supreme Court that would say "well even though this is unconstitutional we're going to uphold it because it's best for the country?" (hypothetical of course) There is a reason that checks and balances exist. The Supreme Court is an important part of checks and balances and must function as designed in order to help maintain the integrity of Government.

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DFA 2012/06/24 21:47:20

Stand

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I think it will stand.

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