Obamacare appeal among cases supreme court declines to take up

[Historic NY]

Source: The Guardian


The US supreme court on Monday declined to take up another broad challenge to President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law.

The court rejected an appeal filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Alliance for Natural Health USA. The groups had challenged various aspects of the law known as Obamacare including the so-called individual mandate that requires people to obtain health insurance or pay a tax.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/law/2015/jan/12/supreme-court-rejects-appeal-healthcare-law-california-water?CMP=edit_2221

[Doctor_J]

1. The ACA is not going anywhere

Big Insurance invested millions getting it passed, and this corporate-friendly court is not going to take the insurance industry's windfall away from them, period.

[SoapBox]

2. Great!

And a big fuck off to those two groups.

NOW what we need are more refinements to the ACA.

[Sunlei]

4. refinements like cut insurance Corps 'profits' and option for all Americans to pay into non-prof

non-profit medicare/Medicaid.

Our Gov pays way to much in subsidies to all the 'for profit' insurance corps.

The insurance Corps who get major 'free gov. money' (obamacare subsidies) doubled this years premium payment for consumers. And tweaked/changed the coverage to Corp advantage.

[jmowreader]

3. What a surprise: another right-wing challenge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_of_American_Physicians_and_Surgeons

The Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) is a politically conservative non-profit association founded in 1943 to "fight socialized medicine and to fight the government takeover of medicine."[1][2] The group was reported to have approximately 4,000 members in 2005, and 5,000 in 2014.[3][4][5] Notable members include Ron Paul and John Cooksey;[6] the executive director is Jane Orient, a member of the Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliance_for_Natural_Health_USA

The Alliance for Natural Health USA (ANH-USA), formerly known as the American Association for Health Freedom, is a 501(c)4 nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting natural and sustainable healthcare and health freedom. Located in Washington DC, United States, the organization was founded in 1992 as the American Preventive Medical Association (APMA) and became a part of the international Alliance for Natural Health organization, headquartered in the United Kingdom, in 2009.

[freshwest]

6. They certainly give 'Natural Health' a bad name. Straight from RW politics to political blogging.

Seeing that linkage, it's no wonder many of the websites link to hate-Obama articles. TY.

[former9thward]

5. They have already accepted the main challenge to the ACA.

It will be heard later this spring. These other cases are minor compared to the main one.