re: #25 HappyWarrior

It’s funny how a bill that was basically what Bob Dole proposed in the 90’s and what Romney did as governor of Massachusetts has become associated with left wing radicalism.

Yes, my understanding is exactly what you say: ideas like the mandate are basically CONSERVATIVE, actually a way to achieve near-universal coverage and still have a PRIVATE insurance system.

That’s what kills me about the right-wing antipathy towards the Affordable Care Act: it comes not from ideology, but from dislike of Barack Obama, period. One could argue, based on ideology, that the conservative justices would be expected to vote FOR the mandate, and the liberal justices would be expected to vote AGAINST the mandate. Unfortunately, what matters most to many people is not what’s in the Affordable Care Act, but who was the guy who signed it into law.