Health & Fitness
Chief Justice John Roberts got the Obamacare ruling right
The Supreme Court ruled that not buying health insurance was taxable. Not a big surprise. The real decision will be made this November.
Republicans tried a "Hail Mary" pass by asking the judiciary to overturn a law passed by Congress and signed by the President. Courts have a duty to uphold duly passed laws if they are Constitutional. The remedy to bad (but Constitutional) law is new lawmakers.
Would it have been nice to have Obamacare ruled unconstitutional? Perhaps so, temporarily. But if Congress cannot pass a law to raise a tax, then how would our government function?
Much of the pre-decision debate talked about the individual mandate. But the Supreme Court's ruling was clear that they looked at this as a tax. If you don't buy health insurance, you will be charged money. No one is forcing you to "eat broccoli" but the government can charge you for the cost of broccoli if they want to....