The third day was devoted to discussing if the rest of Obamacare should be struck down if the requirement to buy insurance is struck down. The alternatives include leaving the rest of the law intact or having the justices strike down additional parts of the law that are related to the mandate.
In the end it sounds like the justices were concerned about the mechanics of any of the alternatives.
There was also a discussion about the expansion of Medicaid required by Obamacare.
it wasn’t reform so much as a rodsitributien of wealth. It had nothing to do with healthcare. It’s called ObamaScare because Obama pushed it, stumped for it, and tried to sell as this great thing. He didn’t even know what was in the bill before he and Pelosi approved it. The guy that wrote it, doesn’t understand it, and Con-gress voted to keep their own health insurance. So what’s good for us, is not good enough for them.
Under our current healthcare systems, the US state, federal and local governments pay almost 50% of total health care costs through existing programs like Medicare, Medicaid and CHIPS and the absorption of unpaid medical expenses. It is for this reason, the government has a vested interest in healthcare. Government spending can’t be controlled as long as healthcare costs continue to consistently outpace inflation.
If you believe that Government should not intervene and assist seniors and the poor in paying for healthcare and that medical providers should not be required to provide emergency health care without proof of ability to pay, I respect that and completely understand you then categorizing ACA as wealth redistribution. If you do believe that government has a role to play in healthcare then your objection to ACA as a wealth distribution tool may need to be reexamined. ACA builds on the US private insurance market to assist the government in providing access to healthcare, paying for its costs and making sure that health care treatments sought are economical and needed. Paul Ryan’s plan to privatize Medicare uses similar mechanisms to ACA.
ACA first and foremost operates under the theory that overall healthcare costs will decline if everyone receives healthcare that helps prevent or provides for the early detection of life limiting illnesses. ACA also recognizes that individuals usually do not have knowledge of when emergency care will be needed and that in the US medical providers are required to provide emergency medical care. By requiring everyone to purchase health insurance, ACA attempts to improve access to preventive care and early detection and decrease the amount of unpaid medical bills healthcare providers must absorb.
Because his administration werkod closely with congressional leadership and many of the writers of the actual bill, which had for the most part been written about 2 years before it was introduced. Many of the writers and drafters of the bill were long time Obama advisers and friends. Plus Obama signed the bill into law.