It does Repubs say they want a health care plan to do and actually pays for it. Repub arguments against it don't hold water.

Although I do agree with the Supreme Court that Congress has the right to levy a tax on the citizens ( and this Health Care act is a tax, by the way ), I do think there are some major huge issues with this whole thing. Like ...... how are we going to pay for it ? This country is in debt so deep we will probably never recover from it. And, if China holds most of the loans, what are we going to do when they want repayment ? - will we give them Alaska ? Maybe Hawaii ? And, my guess is ..... they will want to be repaid.

This ruling makes my family more secure. My wife has had a chronic pain condition for the past 17 years and come 2014 we no longer have to worry about suddenly being dropped from our plan because the insurance company decides we aren't worth it.

That's an abuse of the free market right there.

Access to quality health care should be a right, not a privilege.

Lets clear something up here... There is no limitation of quality health care in our country. The question is... who is to pay for it?

When you desire a government powerful enough to GIVE you everything you want... Then you will have a government powerful enough to TAKE everything you have.

All three branches of "our" Federal Govt have now demonstrated a complete inability to govern intelligently for our citizenry. The cabinet is corrupt, congress only worries about the next election and from whom to borrow 40% of a theoretical budget (the USA, and nope, no budget), and now the attorneys on the hill say O'care is a tax. Guessing they never would have slipped it thru via those 1700 pages if it had been referred to as a "tax". Vote them ALL out until we achieve fresh thinking.

If you base it on the theory the fee/penalty/whatever that people will have to pay if they don't buy insurance is a TAX, then the Supreme Court is right. BUT, it was sold to the American people that it was NOT a tax. It was going be be legal because of the commerece clause. Well, the SCOTUS said that was NOT legal. Nancy Pelose, Obama, and other Democrats are all still claiming it is NOT a tax. Since they wrote the law they should know. So, the SCOTUS ruling should be declared null and void and the law is in violation of the Constitution and must not stand.

It appears Chief Justice Roberts rendered a twisted opinion in order to save the image of the court from being perceived as too political. Unfortunately, that is not how the justices should render their opinions. The 4 dissenting justices had it right.
The court should not make decisions based on how the public will perceive the role of politics within the court. The HCA was passed on the basis of the Commerce Clause in the Constitution. This decision by the court showed that was incorrect usage of the Commerce Clause. The HCA was not written as tho it were a tax bill and calling it a tax retroactively was not the right thing to do on the part of the Chief Justice.

How do people feel about having to buy health insurance?

You wait all governments (city- county- state- federal) will want just a little more from you in taxes,levies, bond issues,etc. the problem is we don't have it to give, they will say it is not very much you wont feel it WRONG!. They will spend other peoples money(OURS) until it is gone then they say oops we are out of money raise taxes. this opinion is a big slice of the tax pie, but not the only one wake up people! before its to late if it is not already. do we really want to be Greece?

Start with the premise that every US citizen should have quality healthcare, and, if able, make payments against the possibility that someday everyone who lives long enough will make use of the care. For those who are unfortunate enough to not have the means to pay for coverage, they have to be covered by those who do. Preventative care is obviously cheaper than catastrophic care and a few decades of preventative care will more than pay for the increased coverage. Also, improvements to the current act, will make it more affordable and efficient.
Gary Geesman