Well, once again, we the people have lost. [View all]

[MadHound]

Sure, the ruling by the Supreme Court was a political win, Obama's biggest legislative initiative is upheld, a solid victory for him and the Democrats.

But this is an even bigger win for the insurance industry. They have now been officially granted a mandated monopoly, one that forces people to buy a product that they may or may not need, from a for profit corporation. Worse, the price controls are weak, very weak.

So what we're going to see in the end result is the middle and working classes are going to get drained of money at an even faster rate. The poor are, thankfully, going to get a subsidy, but there is no such relief, nor cost control, to help and protect the middle and working class.

Worse yet, this is going to set back the true goal of single payer, non-profit universal health care back by a generation or more. The corporately controlled Democrats and Republicans aren't going to touch any sort of health care reform for decades, not after this battle.

Furthermore, the precedent that this sets is abominable. Today we are forced to buy insurance from a for profit corporation, what will be forced to buy next?

But hey, go ahead and celebrate. It is, after all a political victory for the Democrats. The Dems took a Republican policy, made it their own, and made it the law of the land.

But in a few years, as insurance premiums soar, perhaps you will come to realize this decision for what it truly is, a huge loss for the American people.