President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Tuesday, March 23rd; two days after the House passed the legislation in a 219-212 vote.
The President on Sunday acknowledged that the bill was surrounded by controversy, but applauded the House for acting on one of his signature campaign promises. "This is what change looks like," Mr. Obama said. "I know this wasn't an easy vote for a lot of people. But it was the right vote." Republicans (and perhaps the 34 democrats who voted against the bill) still attest that the bill was crafted behind closed doors and should be as bi-partisan as possible because healthcare hold such significance nationally. Now that the House, has passed the Senate's health care bill and sent it to the president's desk, state lawmakers and attorneys are lining up to challenge its constitutionality and attempt to kill the bill in the highest courts.
They are expected to sue over the bill's mandate that requires everyone to buy health insurance. "The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty," McCollum said in a statement.
The YBC wonders…if 50 million people were uninsured, and now 32million are (insured), how can the 18 million without insurance be mandated to pay for this measure, let alone those who do not support the reform at all? And is Obama forgetting about his pledge? You know, the one what said he would issue an executive order "clarifying" abortion language in the Senate bill?
So what’s the upside? Well, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the pas-sage of the bill will ensure lower premiums over time? How much? We’re talking circa 4 years since 2014 was the projector date used for the analysis. But how does the bill affect us now?
To start, student loans interest rates will rise, how-ever, this is said to be balanced with the student’s ability to remain under their parents insurance until the age of 26. Along with hundreds of millions of wasteful dollars going to combat childhood obesity, restaurants will be under new legislation to provide nutrition menus effective immediately. Yes, this is change alright, but is all change good?
We shall see.
The President on Sunday acknowledged that the bill was surrounded by controversy, but applauded the House for acting on one of his signature campaign promises. "This is what change looks like," Mr. Obama said. "I know this wasn't an easy vote for a lot of people. But it was the right vote." Republicans (and perhaps the 34 democrats who voted against the bill) still attest that the bill was crafted behind closed doors and should be as bi-partisan as possible because healthcare hold such significance nationally. Now that the House, has passed the Senate's health care bill and sent it to the president's desk, state lawmakers and attorneys are lining up to challenge its constitutionality and attempt to kill the bill in the highest courts.
They are expected to sue over the bill's mandate that requires everyone to buy health insurance. "The health care reform legislation passed by the U.S. House of Representatives this last night clearly violates the U.S. Constitution and infringes on each state's sovereignty," McCollum said in a statement.
The YBC wonders…if 50 million people were uninsured, and now 32million are (insured), how can the 18 million without insurance be mandated to pay for this measure, let alone those who do not support the reform at all? And is Obama forgetting about his pledge? You know, the one what said he would issue an executive order "clarifying" abortion language in the Senate bill?
So what’s the upside? Well, according to the Congressional Budget Office, the pas-sage of the bill will ensure lower premiums over time? How much? We’re talking circa 4 years since 2014 was the projector date used for the analysis. But how does the bill affect us now?
To start, student loans interest rates will rise, how-ever, this is said to be balanced with the student’s ability to remain under their parents insurance until the age of 26. Along with hundreds of millions of wasteful dollars going to combat childhood obesity, restaurants will be under new legislation to provide nutrition menus effective immediately. Yes, this is change alright, but is all change good?
We shall see.
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