U.S. Healthcare Verdict Gives Obama Huge Win


However, Obama's conservative opponents hoped to turn the stunning setback from the Supreme Court as a rallying cry for a turn to the court of public opinion in November to overturn the Affordable Care Act passed by Democrats in 2010.

Obama's likely Republican opponent Mitt Romney standing in front of the Capitol vowed to repeal the law on the very first day as his first act if he made it to the Oval office.

"Obamacare was bad policy yesterday, it's bad policy today. Obamacare was bad law yesterday, it's bad law today," he said. "If we want to get rid of Obamacare, we're going to have to replace President Obama. My mission is to make sure we do exactly that."

Twenty-six states, led by Florida, had challenged the law saying individuals cannot be forced to have insurance, a "product" they may neither want nor need.

Supporters argued the individual mandate is critical to the success of the legislation, because it expands the pool of people paying for insurance to make it affordable for all.

Source: IANS