Journalists and pundits across the media landscape proclaimed the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold most of the Affordable Care Act as a victory for President Barack Obama.
ABC News called it a “big win” for the Obama administration.
But, ABC pointed out that most Americans don’t have a favorable view of the Obamacare legislation as was upheld by the High Court. (Americans also don’t have a favorable view of the status quo either, according to the poll).
Everything in political news going forward will likely focus on the question of which party benefit the most politically from the Supreme Court decision. Will Romney win in November now or does Obama have an even greater chance of retaining the presidency?
Within a few hours of the Supreme Court ruling, Congressional Republicans and the GOP’s presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, proclaimed they would seek to repeal Obamacare, according to Fox News.
This morning, Yahoo News Columnist Chris Moody pointed out that the GOP would have to have majorities in both houses of Congress and would have to hold the presidency.
So for today’s poll, we ask: which party will be helped most by the Supreme Court’s Obamacare decision? Take our poll and share your thoughts in the comments.
As for the health care issue, this bill does nothing to address the core issue. That issue is the cost of health care. It is not the cost of health care insurance. Insurance, be it private or government, will remain costly as long as the cost of the health care itself is costly. What is needed is to correct the reasons for health care being so expensive in the first place. Doctors practicing "defensive medicine" requiring unnecessary tests, court awards in malpractice cases beyond justification, and other costs. That is what will bring costs down for consumers.
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which one of you will be the first to use the benefits of Obamacare? which one of you critics will join another in a same-sex marriage? how many of you currently use birth control? how many of you collect social security - a program begun by the great liberal FDR? Just wondering!!!! By the way Obamacare is a legitimate and legal piece of legislation - doesn't that make you Tea-Baggers want to drink coffee? There you have no ranting - well just a bit ---- and Geroge if you are liberal you are dreaming or deceptive!!!!
Racist!!! Homophobe!!!! Misogynist??? get a life man!!!!
Obama has the support of people between 18 and 26, people who are signing up for national healthcare insurance, a majority of women voters, unionized workers, a majority of African-American voters, a majority of Hispanic voters - what is left???? crusty old white people and there are not enough of those anymore and also supporters of Bin Laden and they seem to be disappearing faster than crusty old white people!!!! So 1107 people who answered this poll - you are delusional!!! change your meds!!!!
How about its a loss for the American people. Who cares about left or right anymore we need to start thinking AMERICA.
Does this health care law mean that there is no longer any need to donate to the CT Childrens Medical Center or the Shriner's Hospital? If this is supposed to cover everyone, there should be no need to support most charities anymore. If this is the case, this tax may make things more affordable to myself and others.
The answer is, the Democrats. The Democrats benefit because now the legislation cannot be overturned until the Republicans get 60 votes in the Senate. That will not happen. Even if Romney wins and the Republicans take the House and the Senate, the Democrats will successfully filibuster any attempt to change the law. Best case scenario for the Republicans, they get 60 Senators in 2014 or 2016. Too late, the law is implemented then, it can't be undone. The Democrats also benefit because the decision proves once again that Republicans are utterly incompetent at getting conservative judges appointed to the bench. Roberts has followed the path created by his Republican predecessor, Earl Warren, in legislating from the bench. Whatever your party, you have to respect the fact the judges nominated by Democrats stay Democrats. They actually believe in something. What does the Republican establishment believed in? Lip service.
Repealing it is going to be difficult for other reasons, however. Although the bill as a whole is only popular with slightly less than half the country, individual provisions of the bill are very popular. One example is the provision that provides insurance coverage to individuals with pre-existing conditions. If the Republicans repeal this provision without replacing it with another provision that accomplishes the same effect, they're going to get hammered for taking away a protection that most Americans supported. The heads of the Republican party in the House and Senate came out this week and basically said they aren't interested in providing that protection, so they need to start working on good excuses for the Americans they about to disenfranchise. David Frum (former George W. Bush speech writer) wrote a good piece basically going over the primary reasons why repeal is going to be difficult even with Republican control over both houses of congress and the White House: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/28/repeal-is-a-fantasy.html .
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