26 states appeal obycare to Supreme Court

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26 States Appeal Health Care Law to Supreme Court

<Q class=alt-text-color>- 12 hours ago Survey Says Obama's Health Care Act Partially Increased Costs for Americans

The signature legislation of the Obama Administration, the Affordable Care Act, came under damaging assault Wednesday from a Kaiser Family Foundation survey that found it has already partially contributed to increasing health care costs.
The Kaiser survey helps to shed some light on why so few employers are hiring, as health care costs for employers are spiraling upwards.
The survey found that insurance premiums rose by 9 percent in 2011. Healthcare costs for a single worker went up on average from $5,049 to $5,429, and for a family, costs rose from $13,770 to $15,073, on average.

----The White House, seeking to limit damage from the report, issued a statement on its blog in advance of the reports? release, accusing it of, "looking backwards." :facepalm:





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26 States Appeal Health Care Law to Supreme Court

<Q class=alt-text-color>- 12 hours ago Survey Says Obama's Health Care Act Partially Increased Costs for Americans

The signature legislation of the Obama Administration, the Affordable Care Act, came under damaging assault Wednesday from a Kaiser Family Foundation survey that found it has already partially contributed to increasing health care costs.
The Kaiser survey helps to shed some light on why so few employers are hiring, as health care costs for employers are spiraling upwards.
The survey found that insurance premiums rose by 9 percent in 2011. Healthcare costs for a single worker went up on average from $5,049 to $5,429, and for a family, costs rose from $13,770 to $15,073, on average.

----The White House, seeking to limit damage from the report, issued a statement on its blog in advance of the reports? release, accusing it of, "looking backwards." :facepalm:





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This is going to be very interesting. It's very much like a chess game for the current administration.

Clearly, if they win in the SC, it will bolster Obama's standing to be re-elected. But if they lose, Obama is toast. This will be a huge issue, and will dominate the news coverage during the election season.

As much as I hate the law, I give Obama credit - this was his best move. If he delayed it getting to the SC (which he could have), then it very likely could have been decided in 2013 - when it is very possible that a Republican president is in office. If that was the case, the DOJ wouldn't even bother sending a lawyer to the hearing, and the SC would surely vote the law unconstitutional since there would be no legal help defending it by the Federal government.

This issue is much more important to Obama than winning an election, getting job growth, or anything like that. And its not about compassion and distributing wealth. It is all about protecting his "legacy".

We'll see how it turns out. I'd put odds at 60/40 that the IM will be overturned, and 50/50 the whole law gets struck down. It is very hard to read how the SC will rule, so it certainly is not a no-brainer in either direction here.