The Health Care Reform Act IS NOT perfect but, after years of Republican money-concerns-before-people's-health attempts to stop this law, they have failed. Of course they will continue to try to repeal the law under the banner of "it's socialism" and the false "it's government health care" and the claim it will cost too much (this is the money-before-people argument).
"Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Law: Mandate Is Constitutional" PBS Newshour 6/28/2012
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SUMMARY: The Supreme Court upheld the individual insurance requirement at the heart of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul Thursday. Betty Ann Bowser reports from the Supreme Court, while Marcia Coyle of the National Law Journal parses the ruling with Jeffrey Brown.
"In Real Health Care Terms, What Does the Court Decision Mean for Citizens?" PBS Newshour 6/28/2012
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SUMMARY: Susan Dentzer, editor in chief of the journal Health Affairs and an analyst for the NewsHour gives an overview of the possible implications of the high court's ruling.
"From 'Hallelujah' to 'Sadness,' Health Care Stakeholders React" PBS Newshour 6/28/2012
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SUMMARY: Ray Suarez gets some reaction on the Supreme Court's ruling from Ron Pollack, founding executive director of Families USA; Karen Ignagni, president of America's Health Insurance Plans; Dr. Donald Palmisano, a physician and an attorney; and Bill McCollum, a former congressman and Florida attorney general.
ALSO
"Romney, Obama Uphold Health Care Falsehoods" by Lori Robertson, Robert Farley, and Eugene Kiely; FactCheck.org 6/28/2012
Presidential candidates supremely spin court decision.
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