Name:   copperline - Subject:   I completely agree Date:   6/12/2015 12:07:37 PM

If the Supreme Court does rule against the ACA, the conservatives who opposed the law will be held responsible in a big way.... and it's going to do real damage to the Republican political brand.    No avoiding it, since they have been launching cruise missiles at the Obamacare since the beginning.  Nibbling around the edges, multiple votes to repeal, multiple attempts to destabilize it.   It's incredible to me that this could hinge on nothing more than a typo... surely no rational person believes the law was written to only give tax credits to people only in select states.   That would be like giving the mortgage tax deduction to people who live in one state, but not another.   

There is not going to be a lot of cheering if & when the system were to collapse.. especially when spill-over effect impacts the entire health insurnce market, not just ACA policies.

The damage that could be done will be catastrophic for many people, and the cavalier attitude some people have about this is appalling.   I do not understand what the Tea Party and Republican Party (I believe we should be talking about them like they are seperate groups) have against health insurance for as many people as possible, but I expect that if this law is truly disrupted we will see Conservatives distancing themselves as best they can from responsibility for causing the problems.    In the short time the ACA has been in effect, I suspect many GOP voters have found it to be useful to their families... and quietly signed on.   Another segment of GOPers will know friends, relatives & family members who found the benefits of the ACA to be a truly good thing.   Only people wealthy enough to not care about such things as medical costs and premiums can afford to scoff at the law's benefits, and they are the real minority.

Like the government shutdown, and the invasion of Iraq.... Conservatives have a very narrow, self-centered and short-term view of what is good for the country... and are prone to take drastic actions without adequately considering the consequences.    It is certainly obvious that they don't care about helpful public policy initiatives until their ox that is gored.   Then, as now, they become supporters of parts of the ACA like preventing pre-existing condition exclusions, or extending coverage to dependent family members, or portability of policies.  

I am looking forward to hearing conservatives chirp "it's a good thing we prevented you from keeping your health insurance" in their future campaign rhetoric.