20 states ask judge to throw out Obama health law PENSACOLA, Fla. – Attorneys for 20 states fighting the new federal health care law told a judge Thursday it will expand the government's powers in dangerous and unintended ways. The states want U.S. District Judge Roger Vinson to issue a summary judgment throwing out the health care law without a full trial. They argue it violates people's rights by forcing them to buy health insurance by 2014 or face penalties. "The act would leave more constitutional damage in its wake than any other statute in our history," David Rivkin, an attorney for the states, told Vinson. President Barack Obama's administration counters that Americans should not be allowed to opt out of the overhaul because everyone requires medical care. Government attorneys say the states do not have standing to challenge the law and want the case dismissed. Vinson, who was appointed to the bench almost 30 years ago by President Ronald Reagan, heard arguments Thursday but said he will rule later.
"Obama tax law"....."Bush tax cuts" Those are mere media phrases. As if those morons actually have the authority and know-how to do anything but read speaches and take pictures. PUPPETS don't have tax plans and health care laws.
I don't support making people purchase health insurance. The risk pool is less volatile when healthy people are insured, but the law does not fully address the problem. As I see it, this is the problem: A. Some Americans do not have health insurance. The last I checked that number jumped from the 40 million range to the 50 million range in wake of the Great Recession. The law proposes this as the solution: B. Make some of those Americans buy health insurance. The law does not make provisions for everyone who is currently uninsured. After that portion of Americans who'd be required to purchase insurance did so or fined, this would be the outcome: C. Some Americans do not have health insurance. The problem still exists. It has contracted but remains. Proponents of the law say that it does something to lower the numbers of the people currently uninsured, but the real solution would be a single-payer system that captures everyone in its safety net. The health care law, as it stands, is like the prescription drug benefit; a legislative victory for the for-profit system that ultimately measures health provisions against the bottom line and stock values.
I agree they should not make people purchase H-insurance . If they say it is unconstitutional then they need to remove laws that make us get car insurance
