USSC May Poison Next ACA Arrow: GOP Wants Bullseye

The Nation's High Court

(Who Will Be the Swing Vote this Time)

Choice #1

(Backpedaling)

 Choice #2

(Hairsplitting)

Chief Justice John Roberts
(Hero Robin Hood or Nasty Sheriff ???)

This is update of previous post (see below), that subject was: 

“Obama-care: USSC to Look at What State Means or Is Is...”

It takes at least four justices to agree to hear a case. Give that there were four justices ready to strike down the insurance mandate, which was equally integral to the law, in 2012, the decision to hear the case shouldn't come as a complete surprise.  

What it seems to indicate, however, is that there are four members of the court who are going to try, time and again, to convince at least one more justices that the law, at its heart, is unconstitutional, illegal or otherwise invalid

Continue this update at the above link and the original story from here:

I sincerely hope the USSC justices review this page ... presented in simple terms and easy to comprehend and not in highly-complex legal mumbo jumbo law they will examine to figure out what “state” means – kinda like what “is” is was a few ago – remember that?

That page is a very good rundown on the whole issue of Federal subsidies for health care that impacts millions of poor and low-income Americans. Keep in mind that “low income” means for Americans who work but have low wages – far too low to afford decent health care due to rates out of sight and out of reach that we saw before the ACA was passed over two years ago.

So, now here we are again with it under Supreme Court review about Federal subsidies for millions of Americans GOP-run states/RED states will not help and just like their refusal to expand Medicaid now want to stop any Federal assistance to help them purchase affordable healthy care.

The basic issue here (reported on by the AP):

WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a new challenge to President Barack Obama's health care law - a case that threatens subsidies that help millions of low- and middle-income people afford their health insurance premiums.

The justices said they will review a federal appeals court ruling that upheld IRS regulations that allow health-insurance tax credits under the Affordable Care Act for consumers in all 50 states. Opponents argue that most of the subsidies are illegal.

Who will the High Court stand with after this third high court review: Will they stand with the American people in need of health care, or will they allow Congress to make a minor fix in the lingo of the law as it is now written?

For me, I see a pretty easy case for a really simple common sense solution. As they say, stay tuned – hey, you never know.  

More-importantly: This again shows that this GOP is hell-bent on abolishing this law no matter how long it takes, or no matter who it hinders or hurts along the way. That much is painfully clear.  

A decision is expected early Spring next year. It will be tracked closely.