Obamacare Stands/Insurance Mandate, er, Tax Upheld

But not-to-worry... FauxNews will always give you the "fair and [un]balanced] truth:

Fox News two contradictory reports, just minutes apart:

Just hang on long enough, and they'll get it right... rofllol

Democracy4Sale wrote: That means that the people who have kids under 26, will STILL be able to have them on their policies. That means that people with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied. That means that people who already have insurance and get sick can't be kicked off...

I agree that those are all VERY good things and much needed - especially the pre-existing conditions and being kicked off for getting sick. I wish the bill would have stopped right there. The mandate sucks.

archer wrote: Can Romney really attack Obama on this being a tax when that is what he did over and over again as governor, use fees/taxes to fund government programs.

Can the administration keep saying this is not a tax?

Democracy4Sale wrote: But not-to-worry... FauxNews will always give you the "fair and [un]balanced] truth:

Fox News two contradictory reports, just minutes apart:

Just hang on long enough, and they'll get it right... rofllol

So what... CNN had a breaking headline that the mandate was struck down, at the same time having an article under it saying it was a tax. This was breaking news, a complex decision and the media was trying to digest it in record time.

Another nothing outrage.

cydl wrote:

Democracy4Sale wrote: That means that the people who have kids under 26, will STILL be able to have them on their policies. That means that people with pre-existing conditions cannot be denied. That means that people who already have insurance and get sick can't be kicked off...

I agree that those are all VERY good things and much needed - especially the pre-existing conditions and being kicked off for getting sick. I wish the bill would have stopped right there. The mandate sucks.

It's the ONLY way to make it work. Without the mandate, there's not enough healthy people in the system to pay for the GOOD things we like.

CNN and Channel 9 got it wrong and corrected in a matter of minutes as well. I think the confusion was over the commerce clause vs. the tax aspect of the decision.

I think Butt-Ugly Teabagger is having a bad morning...

The Blunt Ugly Truth wrote:

Democracy4Sale wrote: But not-to-worry... FauxNews will always give you the "fair and [un]balanced] truth:

Fox News two contradictory reports, just minutes apart:

Just hang on long enough, and they'll get it right... rofllol

So what... CNN had a breaking headline that the mandate was struck down, at the same time having an article under it saying it was a tax. This was breaking news, a complex decision and the media was trying to digest it in record time.

Another nothing outrage.

And the CNN headline still reads (at this moment) "5-4 decision affirms individual mandate" which is false.

Democracy4Sale wrote: I think Butt-Ugly Teabagger is having a bad morning...

Be civil now. (I'll be taking up that topic on another thread when all this ACA stuff settles down... I have a whole file on incivility here on 285 Bound)

FredHayek wrote: Think this will help Romney?

I had heard last week that Roberts was going to change sides on this. Guess Obama gets to spike the football!

Fred... you headline is wrong.