Two Reagan appointed federal judges, Henry E. Hudson in Richmond, Virginia and another, Roger Vinson in Pensacola, Fla are posed to decide before Christmas against the crux of Health Care, the mandate which pays for it. Appeals to the Supreme Court can only end in a 5 to 4 decision to destroy the 70 year long fight to finally come together on health care reform. Health Law Faces Threat of Undercut From Courts
The issue at play is whether the government (you know that evil entity made up of wife gropers, grandma molesters and overweight uppity black women) can force a "person" to purchase a "commercial" product.
Thought the Supreme Court has in the past decided that the Congress can regulate "activities that substantially affect interstate commerce" that court no longer exists. The Supreme Court today is now a 5 to 4 political arm of Fox News. [There is no longer any line between Fox News and the Republican Party]
Though it could take up to two years for any appeal to reach the Supreme Court, in the meantime these individual Republican judges can and will halt the mandates where and when they see fit. Also 20 states with Republican Governors and Attorney Generals, and more to come as new GOP governors take over in January, are also using the courts to destroy Health Care Reform in lieu of a very expensive sack of nice elephant crap.
The solution to this is (was) obvious. The mandate needs a "public" option rather than a "commercial" option. Most easily arrived at with a buy in to Medicare. Not only is that the easy solution, but it is the logical, reasonable, fair, just and the RIGHT THING TO DO says everyone in the whole world other than Republicans.
Though 40 Republican Senators can be blamed for America being the only place on Earth where good health care is decided by personal wealth and having a good job, a handful of Blue Dog Democrats are also guilty as Hell: Senators Ben Nelson, Kent Conrad, Evan Bayh, Joe Lieberman, Mary Landrieu and Blanch Lincoln. Oh, and a President with a bloody lip and a pink TuTu.