PRESIDENT Barack Obama scored a moajor victory this morning as his signature domestic policy, the healthcare reform, as ratified by the US Congress as the Affordable Healthcare Act, AHA, was mostly
upheld as constitutional by the justices of the Supreme Court of the United States by a majority 5-4 decision, effectively putting an end to the healthcare debate with the potentially impact of changing the course of the forthcoming presidential election in November.
Approving the bulk of the 2,700 page document on Thursday morning, the justice’s strong alliance was underscored by Chief Justice John Robert’s siding with the four liberal associate justices at the apex court.
The law of the land now is that the Congress has the power, under its taxation enabling legislative responsibilities, to compel every American to buy healthcare insurance or face the penalty of a fine. The law now mandates individuals to buy health insurance and that their right to same may not be turned down because of on the previous policy of “pre-existing condition.”
The conservatives however are lauding the aspect of the law that the Court opposed, which previously said that America’s 50 states cannot be forced to expand the government’s Medicaid program. The court described the policy as putting “a gun to the heads of the states.”
The current Affordable Healthcare Act also allows children to stay under their parent’s healthcare plan until they reach the age of 26.