I ett historiskt domslut har USA:s Högsta Domstol i stort godkänt president Obamas sjukförsäkringsreform istället för att, som många hade trott, förklara att den stred mot författningen.
Nu har ingen ännu hunnit läsa hela domslutet, men klart är att HD alltså i stort låter lagen stå fast. Ett svidande bakslag för republikanerna och en historisk framgång för president Obama och den amerikanska sjukvården.
Själva domslutet finns på den här länken
Här är New York Times om nyheten: Supreme Court Allows Health Care Law Largely to Stand
The Supreme Court on Thursday largely let stand President Obama’s health care overhaul, in a mixed ruling that Court observers were rushing to analyze.
The decision was a striking victory for the president and Congressional Democrats, with a majority, including the conservative chief justice, John G. Roberts Jr., affirming the central legislative pillar of Mr. Obama’s term.
Many observers called the case the most significant before the court since at least the 2000 Bush v. Gore ruling, which decided a presidential election. In addition to the political reverberations, the case helps set the rules for one of the largest and fastest-growing sectors of the economy, one that affects nearly everyone from cradle to grave.
The debate over health care remains far from over, with Republicans vowing to carry on their fight against the law, which they see as an unaffordable infringement on the rights of individuals. The presumptive Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney, has promised to undo it if elected.
But the ruling is a crucial victory for the law that will allow its introduction to continue in the coming years. Passed in 2010, the law is intended to end the United States’ status as the only rich country with large numbers of uninsured people, by expanding both the private market and Medicaid.
The key provision that 26 states opposing the law had challenged — known as the individual mandate — requires virtually all citizens to buy health insurance meeting minimum federal standards or to pay a fine if they refuse.
Mer senare, men det här domslutet kommer att ge Obamas återvalskampanj vind i seglen och bli en svår motgång för Mitt Romney och speciellt för den amerikanska Kristna Högern.
På den plats här i Silicon valley där jag just nu befinner mig gick ett jubel upp när nyheten kom. Whao!
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