Barack Obama

for private insurers were guaranteed equal pay plus benefit to work as federal paperwork folks.

In other words, they were going to end up in UHC as time wore on. Doing the same as those who work for Medicare.

Yes, private insurers could see the writing on the wall, it was all set to go in by increments. They'd be forced out of business, so they fought like hell.

This could have gone easy without GOP truculence. These guys need to be evicted from office in 2014, the sooner the better!

Stunned Teabaggers learn Obamacare is Constitutional according to the SCOTUS:

Supreme Court upholds Obamacare Individual Mandate as a Tax

Published on Jun 28, 2012

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual health-insurance mandate that is at the heart of President Obama's landmark health-care law, saying the mandate is permissible under Congress's taxing authority.

The potentially game-changing, election-year decision — a major victory for the White House less than five months before the November elections --will help redefine the power of the national government and affect the health-care choices of millions of Americans.

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. sided with the majority in voting to uphold the law, Obama's signature domestic initiative.

Passage of the legislation by the Democratic-controlled Congress in 2010 capped decades of efforts to implement a national program of health care. The legislation is expected to eventually extend health-care coverage to more than 30 million Americans who currently lack it.

But Obama, Biden and staff applauded the news:



Obama explained it on television:

President Obama Speaks on Health Reform

Published on Jun 28, 2012

The Supreme Court's decision to uphold the Affordable Care Act ensures hard-working, middle class families will get the security they deserve and protects every American from the worst insurance company abuses. June 28, 2012.

Much more at link:

http://3chicspolitico.com/2012/06/28/supreme-court-upholds-health-care-law-individual-mandate/

The fact the corporations invested so much trying to put Obama out of office shows that he is not a corporate tool. If one takes a moment to consider the facts with an open mind. Just sayin'