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True, but the ACA is likely going away next summer, either partially or completely. This is based on the 9 or so rare cases where the Solicitor General did not
by disabled 7y ago
True, but the ACA is likely going away next summer, either partially or completely. This is based on the 9 or so rare cases where the Solicitor General did not act as defendants on a court case at the Supreme Court level. [See the table on pages 58-60. Note: there are better ways to represent the data in the table.]: https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2298&context=facpubs https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2...
Do not get excited about the first 2 cases in the table being "clearly unconstitutional". Because to diehard conservatives (which is how the court is currently balanced), the healthcare law is "blatantly unconstitutional".
Not only that, this summer, at the Federal Circuit Court of Appeals level (the level right below the Supreme Court), the Department of Justice did an unprecedented move, historically, and joined the side of the plaintiffs. According to legal experts, the court case at this level could not have gone any worse for the defendants of the ACA.
The Republicans are doing this on purpose, as the final decision will come months before an election.
I have a rare disease and I require an extremely expensive orphan drug, so I know I am likely going to be in a bind within the next year. It is extremely upsetting to me, which is why I mention it. But, I am a dual national (I naturalized due to my health issues) of another developed country with universal healthcare, so I can always leave the US. I have basically given up the prospect of the US being my "home", even though it always has been. I basically feel unwelcome here, but it is merely my perception.
- weaksauce 7y agosorry to hear that... this is what i don't get about republicans. they could go for m4a or something similar and brand it as a win for entrepreneurship but i guess they are too beholden to the huge corporations that donate to their campaigns, pacs, and super pacs to ever go against that. the number of people that are stuck in deadend jobs just for the somewhat more affordable healthcare is too high.