In a ruling likely to make its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, a federal judge said Tuesday he would not entirely dismiss a 20-state lawsuit against Obamacare.
The states, including our very own Florida, suing the federal government to reverse the Obama administration’s historic social overhaul say the law supersedes state sovereignty by requiring individuals to purchase health care.
And, you know, making sure a few million Americans can afford to take care of themselves and ensure college-aged students can remain on their parents’ insurance plans until they’re 26.
But who cares about that stuff?
Nearly half the states in our union feel the health care plan leaves people sicker and needs to get its boo-boos fixed before it’s allowed to do much of anything.
While we understand the concerns people have with the looming threat of being forced to buy a government-run plan that costs an arm and an amputated leg, we feel many of these concerns are misdirected and need to be reevaluated.
Obama’s nonexistent death panels that were spawned from the fiery lips of certain red-lipped hockey moms will not come and steal your children.
In fact, the Editorial Board will go so far as to say we think the greatest social-welfare upheaval and national revamp since the Johnson administration might actually be a good thing.
Obama’s plan might not be perfect, but, America, it’s all we got.
