Finding the Mandate is a Constitutional Tax Paves the Way to Single-Payer

[morningfog]

Now, we just need a Congress with a backbone to pass single-payer under the tax-and-spend clause.

[NightWatcher]

1. but how would single payer be paid for?

oh..... through a federally collected tax....that we just were told is completely legit

[morningfog]

2. Exactly.

[Harmony Blue]

4. Some people are slow to come to that realization

but give them some time because emotions are bit high right now. Calmer heads will prevail!

[NCTraveler]

6. We were told that was constitutional a long time ago.

Medicare.

There is no new precedence in todays decision.l

[still_one]

3. yes. In spite of the intentions of the writers of the ACA, if we had the right Congress, we could

get true single payer now

[NCTraveler]

5. Single payer has already been deemed constitutional.

Not sure why this is not understood. The reason we don't have single payer is political, not a constitutional matter. Medicare has been found to be constitutional. Todays opinion, as written by Roberts, expanded the constitution in no way.