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Health care law's fate rests with justices
March 29, 2012
March 29, 2012
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met with laughter.
Liberal justices, such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushed to save the rest of the massive health care law.
"Why shouldn't we say it's a choice between a wrecking operation, which (is) what you are requesting, or a salvage job? And the more conservative approach would be salvage rather than throwing out everything."
The Obama administration concedes that without the mandate, popular provisions like banning insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions would be doomed.
Going into these hearings there were a lot of people, particularly a lot of supporters, who believed this would be
met with laughter.
Liberal justices, such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pushed to save the rest of the massive health care law.
"Why shouldn't we say it's a choice between a wrecking operation, which (is) what you are requesting, or a salvage job? And the more conservative approach would be salvage rather than throwing out everything."
The Obama administration concedes that without the mandate, popular provisions like banning insurance companies from denying coverage to people with pre-existing conditions would be doomed.
Going into these hearings there were a lot of people, particularly a lot of supporters, who believed this would be
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