Why the Supreme Court Should Kill ‘Obamacare’

[Jennicut]

65. It is this law or nothing.

No one is going to attempt another round of health care reform anytime soon, it is incredibly politically damaging. Cowardly yes, but logical if you are a politician. It is more complicated then taking a poll on single payer. Getting anything through congress these days is a monumental task and anyone that thinks otherwise is incredibly naive.

I have a pre-existing condition. I will take this law for now. It is not perfect. It is better then what we had before. Some people are angry about being forced to pay for for-profit health insurance. I get that. But some people are also not lucky enough to even qualify to buy that insurance unless health insurance companies are forced by law to cover those people. And this law relies on everyone being covered to pay for someone like me, who has type 1 diabetes. Therefore, there is a mandate. Single payer would be so much better. But I am not about to believe that somehow that will rise from the ashes of this law being struck down. Some people have nothing to lose from this law being gone while others are incredibly torn. If my husband lost his insurance, I have no guarentee that I would even be covered again. My insulin, strips, needles and lancets cost over $700 a month without insurance. No way I could even pay for that. I would skip checking my blood 4 to 5 times a day. As it is, I can't afford an insulin pump (a couple thousand, my insurance company won't help pay for it) even though I would be better off with one.