The fate of President Barack Obama'shealth care overhaul was cast into deeper jeopardy Tuesday as the Supreme Court's conservative justices sharply and repeatedly questioned its core requirement that virtually every American carry insurance. The court will now take up whether any remnant of the historic law can survive if that linchpin fails.
The justices' questions in Tuesday's hearing carried deeply serious implications but were sometimes flavored with fanciful suggestions. If the government can force people to buy health insurance, justices wanted to know, can it require people to buy burial insurance? Cellphones? Broccoli?
The law, pushed to passage by Obama and congressional Democrats two years ago, would affect nearly all Americans and extend insurance coverage to 30 million people who now lack it. Republicans are strongly opposed, including the presidential contenders now campaigning for the chance to challenge Obama in November.
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Some people are so stupid they think healthcare is going to be free! It's not going to be free and if you don't buy a policy money will be deducted from your tax return money to pay for your healthcare. This is why it is being overseen by the IRS.
No one said anything about it being free only affordable.
It is supposed to be more affordable because according to Obama's reasoning the millions more people forced to buy policies will lower the price of the premiums.
People yell and scream if someone even suggests they go to work if they are on welfare, but are not saying a word about being forced to buy a healthcare policy.
It's not going to bother me. I've been paying for my health insurance for 26 years and I don't get a tax refund anyway.
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