Detail Full Court Press; Health-care Reform on Trial   Oleh:  [s.n] Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8778 (Mar. 2012), page 43-44. Topik: Political Behavior; Court Hearings & Proceedings; Health Care Policy Ketersediaan Perpustakaan Pusat (Semanggi) Nomor Panggil: EE29.71 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada     Lihat Detail Induk Isi artikel The day before, the Supreme Court had already heard arguments on a procedural issue - whether the suit challenging Barack Obama's health-care law should be postponed. But on March 27th the court was to consider the heart of the case. Is the law's "individual mandate", a requirement that everyone buy health insurance, constitutional or not? The answer is crucial to Mr Obama's fortunes and much more. Uphold the requirement, Democrats predict, and American health care will be transformed. Republicans say that forcing people to buy something they may not want is a huge extension of federal power and a savage blow to individual liberty. The president ought to be used to criticism of his health reforms. Republicans have spent many happy years attacking them. Outside the court, protesters held signs ("NObamacare", "Kill the bill") that have long lost their power to shock. Mr Obama signed his bill on March 23rd 2010; Florida and 12 other states challenged it minutes later. Despite all this, the arguments in the Supreme Court managed to surprise. The possibility that the mandate might fall now seems real and imminent. The Supreme Court is expected to issue its decision by the end of June. By then the Republicans will probably have chosen a presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, who signed a mandate of his own in Massachusetts (he says it is fine for states to do this but not Washington). However the court rules, the political consequences will be huge. Even more important, for the long term, will be the court's articulation of congressional power. Washington subsists on hyperbole. But this time it is all true. Opini Anda Klik untuk menuliskan opini Anda tentang koleksi ini! Kembali

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