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I, for one, am glad this passed. I am self-employed. I have been for more than 15 years. I also have Multiple Sclerosis. I have NO medical insurance. I am discriminated against because I have a pre-existing medical condition and am "uninsurable" because of the MS. Funny thing is...I can go to work for, say Walmart...wait one year...and my "pre-existing" medical condition is "COVERED". I would pay no more in the insurance premiums that someone without a "pre-existing" medical condition. OR...I can choose to apply for "disability"...get it and a check each month and still have medical insurance...But I do not feel I am "DISABLED"...Maybe this is why so many people apply for disability these days...or apply for "welfare" these days.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor has stated the House will vote again to repeal ObamaCare on Wednesday July 11, just after Congress returns from the July 4 recess. From Cantor:
“The Supreme Court’s decision to uphold ObamaCare is a crushing blow to patients throughout the country. ObamaCare has failed to keep the President’s basic promise of allowing those who like their health care to keep it, while increasing costs and reducing access to quality care for patients. In this tough economy, jobs and economic growth are on the minds of most Americans, but ObamaCare has increased uncertainty for small...
Sorry to seem so cold - but we all have problems. I have three children to support on what the government leaves me - and two of them have been busting their rear ends to find a job for more than a year. Jobs that don't exist in the Obama utopia.
Guess what? ObamaCare was _not_ needed to fix that. Just allow group health insurance to be sold across state lines, which is actually within the original intent of the Commerce clause. No massive Federal power grab needed.