At one point justice Alito said something to the effect of why didn't the Congress just mandate the cost of uncompensated care just be paid for with taxes....
>> “Yes it can survive without the mandate through taxes that the SC would have no problem with congress levying to keep it going.” <<
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False statement.
You don’t understand what the mandate is all about. The mandate is a crumb for the insurance companies, to offset the cost of covering “pre-existing” conditions. There is no way the court will saddle them with this requirement without the assurance of the mandate.
The whole law is toast for hundreds of reasons, but the biggest is the $2 trillion per year of increase in debt that simply cannot be supported by our economy. That is the real reason that this case is being heard.
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“Alito said something to the effect of why didn’t the Congress just mandate the cost of uncompensated care just be paid for with taxes”
Where do they get the power to do that? Silly question, I know, since they pay for whatever hell they want without concern for what they’re empowered to do. But someone, at least, ought to be asking.