President Obama calls Supreme Court healthcare decision a victory

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Source: Reuters

President Barack Obama said on Thursday that the Supreme Court's decision to uphold his landmark healthcare reform law was a victory for the American people, and he promised to implement it and improve upon it going forward.

The highest court in the land has now spoken. We will continue to implement this law and we'll work together to improve on it where we can, Obama said at the White House.

What we won't do - what the country can't afford to do - is re-fight the political battles of two years ago or go back to the way things were. With today's announcement, it's time for us to move forward.

(snip)
"It should be pretty clear by now that I didn't do this because it was good politics. I did it because I believed it was good for the country. I did it because I believed it was good for the American people."

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/28/usa-healthcare-obama-idUSL2E8HS88C20120628

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Text of Obama's response to Supreme Court decision Thursday upholding health care overhaul law
http://www.jsonline.com/news/nwobamaspeechrx-lv5ui9o-160705085.html


video
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/president-obama-statement-on-to-health-care-supreme-court-ruling/2012/06/28/gJQA0yAL9V_video.html

[clang1]

1. It is a Victory n/t

[southern_belle]

2. President Obama's Victory

"What we won't do - what the country can't afford to do - is re-fight the political battles of two years ago or go back to the way things were. With today's announcement, it's time for us to move forward."

Awesome!

[Detroiter]

9. Finally

This is such a relleif!! The government SHOULD take care of its citizens!!! I can finally get the healthcare I couldnt afford!!!

[lunatica]

11. No pre-existing conditions either!

Welcome to DU! You started with your first post on a good day.

[Detroiter]

15. Thank you

It is unbeleivable to me that healthcare will be free in this country. All those rich bastards making money off of helthcare will now have to pay up!!!

[clang1]

18. Not only President Obama's Victory

Victory for US to..for AMERICANS and something we NEED. Any Victory in a war is a good thing. Many Americans WIN because of this. We have more than what we started with and we've WON something. And the war for healthcare continues...It is a war too, so I call it that.

[GOTV]

3. I can't imagine how he feels. He must be giddy with relief!

[Kingofalldems]

4. Freepers not liking this one

Hahahahaha

[Redford]

5. My Tea Party neighbor just put her yellow "Don't Tread on Me" flag up

This is probably going to get them going again.

[Submariner]

6. I can't wait to see Mikey "Kenyan Mau Mau" Huckabee cry like a baby

That racist cracker has been campaigning heavily against the Obama ACA since the day it was first brought up.

[harun]

7. Best defense is a good offense. Fight for Medicare for All NOW

[xtraxritical]

8. This legislation is very important to me

Except for Vietnam, probably the most important. GO DEMS!

[wandy]

10. All righty then! Yippie! High five! It's a good thing! I just can't say this enough times!

Shout it from the roof tops.
Ring those bells.
We win one!
We haven't cured the common cold, but at least the common cold isn't the road to bankruptcy.
Are you better off today than you were four years ago?
Dam straight you are!

[neeksgeek]

12. Whew!

Glad it went in favor of We, the People. Breathing a little easier now.

[BigThrill]

13. of course it was

but I would still argue the ACA didnt go far enough.

[primavera]

14. Can someone please explain something to me?

I think I missed something important here. My understanding is that the ACA requires everyone to purchase health insurance. My understanding is also that there is no public option. So, do not these two points combine to mean that we are now simply being required to further enrich the coffers of already obscenely wealthy private sector insurance providers? What if you're one of the millions of people working for employers like MalWart earning less in a month than the $2,000/month Allstate wants to charge you for premiums? Do you go to jail because you can't afford to buy another yacht for an Aetna executive?

[Detroiter]

16. No way

It is going to be free to the 99%!! its about time those rich SOB's paid for somthing.

[lunatica]

17. That's the one part that the Supreme Court said was un-Constitutional

No one will have to pay for premiums because they'll be paid for by the taxpayers, just like they are in Socialist countries. In other words the cost is paid through our taxes just like public schools, roads, firefighters and police services are. So people who can't work or don't have jobs will still be able to get healthcare.

Once the government is the entity holding the money and paying the premiums it will start to regulate how much it will pay. And there are added benefits that are already considered Constitutional by this Supreme Court. Health insurance companies will never be able to turn someone down by saying they have a pre-existing condition, nor will they be able to turn anyone away.

[Kteachums]

19. I was crying in front of the T.V. during the announcement!

Do you realize how many people that would have been hurt by this if the decision would have gone the other way? Thank God for this decision.

Now, can we please get information out there because there are people on this site that are asking the same questions the American people are asking. The public needs to be educated before the Republicans begin anew to lie and they have already started a massive lie campaign again.

We didn't fight it enough the last time so, we need to fight it this time!

[AndySipowicz]

20. will

Congress and their families be included in the healthcare law?