Fink Reacts to Supreme Court Ruling

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One of the most controversial parts of the act is the individual mandate that requires all Americans to purchase health insurance by 2014.

County Councilman Derek Fink spoke with Patch about the court’s decisions this afternoon.

“I am disappointed with the Supreme Court’s decision and I was certainly hoping it would go the other way,” Fink said. “I felt that it was unconstitutional and I guess at the end of the day not everybody gets it right. The Supreme Court’s not perfect either.”

Fink said he was unhappy with the decision because he felt many American’s didn’t want the law to be upheld.

“Unfortunately it ended in a way a majority of America didn’t want to see,” he said. “You look at polls and you can see a majority of American’s didn’t want this upheld.”

More than 500 people participated in an issued prior to the ruling, and only 34 percent of people thought the law should be upheld. 

Many people said they think the court’s ruling could have major implications on the upcoming presidential election. Fink said he thought it would now fall on Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney to repeal the law.

“I think it is still going to be an issue either way. I think now Mitt Romney will probably focus on repealing the health care law,” Fink said. “I still think it will be a decisive issue in 2012. Now it just goes to supporting the repeal of the law.”

Pasadena residents were quiet on Facebook when initial news of the ruling broke, only Jennifer Davis chimed in with her opinion.

“I wonder what OUR GOVERNMENT is going to force us to buy next,” Davis wrote.

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