Health Care Law Stands!!!!

Today the Supreme Court (read:  Supreme Court) upheld almost all of the Affordable Care Act in a 5-4 vote.  

Woo hoo!  Health care for all! Those of us who happen to be the parents of children with chronic conditions like asthma, which could someday affect their ability to be insured without this Act, can all breathe a sigh of relief -  for a little while, at least.

There were only two parts of the Act that the Court did not uphold:

1.)  The Courts state that the individual mandate is constitutional under Congress' ability to raise taxes rather than under its ability to regulate commerce (fine by me).

2.) The Court took away the Act's ability to take away existing Medicaid coverage from states that refuse to comply with their part of expanding Medicaid coverage.  This is actually a good thing in Texas since we have a crazy Governor who would consider the loss of existing Medicaid coverage a blessing rather than a punishment and would totally go for it.  I'd love to see Medicaid coverage expanded, but the President and Congress do not always understand how crazy people are down here.

Victory, victory,victory!!!!!!!!!!