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Obama Health-Care Overhaul Upheld By U.S. Supreme Court

Bostwick 14y ago
From CNN's live blog [1]: Chief Justice John Roberts had noted that however that the mandate would have been struck down based on the commerce clause , saying it would "open a new and vast domain" for Congressional power. ... Chief Justice John Roberts issued a long opinion in which he said the controversial individual mandate may be upheld and is within Congress’ power under the taxing clause rather than the commerce clause. This helped me understand their decision. I'm still not sure what to make of the decision, personally. [1] http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/how-will-supreme-court-rule-on-health-care-law/?hpt=hp_t1 http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/how-will-supreme-court-...
- ctdonath 14y ago
  Legal semantics aside, practical upshot: Now you can be compelled to buy any product, under threat of fine.
  - tocomment 14y ago
    The federal government would never abuse that though.
protomyth 14y ago
link to decision [pdf]: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf
protomyth 14y ago
The part that was struck was requiring states to comply with new eligibility requirements for Medicaid or risk losing their funding. The states can decide not to comply with the new requirements and still get their original funding. this is a pretty good link for coverage and understanding: http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/ http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/
tocomment 14y ago
Why isn't this making it onto the front page?
- mkr-hn 14y ago
  A reactive aversion to anything that's politicized.
  - tocomment 14y ago
    I don't know if it's just that. Some of these stories have very high HN point values. So they normally would have made it. Maybe something else is going on.
    - mkr-hn 14y ago
      That's what I mean. Reactive flagging.
mkr-hn 14y ago
This is relevant to HN because healthcare costs affect all businesses, including startups. This ruling removes a lot of uncertainty. The best coverage is here: http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/ http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/

From CNN's live blog [1]: Chief Justice John Roberts had noted that however that the mandate would have been struck down based on the commerce clause , saying it would "open a new and vast domain" for Congressional power. ... Chief Justice John Roberts issued a long opinion in which he said the controversial individual mandate may be upheld and is within Congress’ power under the taxing clause rather than the commerce clause. This helped me understand their decision. I'm still not sure what to make of the decision, personally. [1] http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/how-will-supreme-court-rule-on-health-care-law/?hpt=hp_t1 http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/how-will-supreme-court-...

ctdonath 14y ago
Legal semantics aside, practical upshot: Now you can be compelled to buy any product, under threat of fine.
- tocomment 14y ago
  The federal government would never abuse that though.

protomyth 14y ago

link to decision [pdf]: http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf http://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/11pdf/11-393c3a2.pdf

protomyth 14y ago

The part that was struck was requiring states to comply with new eligibility requirements for Medicaid or risk losing their funding. The states can decide not to comply with the new requirements and still get their original funding. this is a pretty good link for coverage and understanding: http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/ http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/

tocomment 14y ago

Why isn't this making it onto the front page?

mkr-hn 14y ago
A reactive aversion to anything that's politicized.
- tocomment 14y ago
  I don't know if it's just that. Some of these stories have very high HN point values. So they normally would have made it. Maybe something else is going on.
  - mkr-hn 14y ago
    That's what I mean. Reactive flagging.

mkr-hn 14y ago

This is relevant to HN because healthcare costs affect all businesses, including startups. This ruling removes a lot of uncertainty. The best coverage is here: http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/ http://www.scotusblog.com/cover-it-live/