Politics & Government
POLL: Do You Agree with Supreme Court's Decision on Health Care Reform?
In a complicated decision, the justices upheld most of the health care reform legislation popularly known as Obamacare.
Do you agree with the U.S. Supreme Court's decision Thursday upholding most of President Obama's signature health care reform legislation?
By a 5-4 vote, the justices upheld most of the act, although the opinion is a complicated one. The court upheld the requirement that every American purchase health insurance or else pay a penalty, as a tax decision and upheld it on those grounds, in an opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts.
"Our precedent demonstrates that Congress has the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000 under the taxing power, and that Section 5000 need not be read to do more than impose a tax," Roberts wrote in one of the key sentences from the opinion.
Find out what's happening in Half Moon Baywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Click here to read the full text of the opinion.
Vote in our poll and add your thoughts in the comments section, below.
Find out what's happening in Half Moon Baywith free, real-time updates from Patch.
Got Patch? Sign up for our newsletter by clicking on the "Patch Newsletter" link on the top right of our homepage.
To receive news feeds about Half Moon Bay and the unincorporated Coastside between Montara and Pescadero, visit Half Moon Bay Patch on Facebook and "like" us here. Follow us on Twitter here.
Want to blog for us? Click here.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter | Blog for us
Get more local news delivered straight to your inbox. Sign up for free Patch newsletters and alerts.