Updated: 4:30 p.m. Eastern, June 28, 2012
Obamacare lives!
On Thursday, June 28, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the vast majority of President Obama's health care legislation -- the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare.
Click the links below for InvestingAnswers.com's of how this impacts you and your money. Then scroll down for more links to help you become more informed about the ruling.
Breaking Obamacare Coverage From InvestingAnswers.com
These Are the Real Financial Winners From Obamacare Ruling: Now that the Supreme Court has spoken, these groups stand to win -- or lose -- the most from Obamacare's survival.
The Supreme Court
The Complete Obamacare Ruling (PDF): Don't settle for others telling you what's in the ruling. Read it for yourself.
SupremeCourt.gov: More about the highest court in the land, and its justices.
SCOTUSblog.com: Indepth coverage of Obamacare and all of the other cases coming through the Supreme Court.
Definitions of Key Terms
Click on the links below to read definitions of some key Obamacare-related terms from the InvestingAnswers.com Financial Dictionary. It's the most user-friendly financial dictionary on the Internet.
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)
InvestingAnswers.com's Previous Obamacare Coverage
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If Obamacare Isn't Killed, These Companies Should Win Big: A win for health care reform, or "Obamacare" in the Supreme Court likely means big things for these companies.
'Taxmaggedon Tax Planning: How To Prepare For 2013: A nearly $500 billion tax increase? It may be coming in January, and some that increase comes from Obamacare.
Views From the Left:
"I know there will be a lot of discussion today about the politics of all this, about who won and who lost. ... But that discussion completely misses the point. Whatever the politics, today’s decision was a victory for people all over this country whose lives will be more secure because of this law and the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold it." -- President Barack Obama
WhiteHouse.gov: Read the president's full remarks, issued shortly after the ruling.
DailyKos.com: The influential left-leaning blog's coverage of Obamacare.
Views From the Right:
"What the Court did not do on its last day in session I will do on my first day if elected President of the United States. And that is I will act to repeal Obamacare....Obamacare was bad policy yesterday. It's bad policy today. Obamacare was bad law yesterday. It’s bad law today." -- Mitt Romney, Republican candidate for president
MittRomney.com: View his full remarks of a statement given after the ruling.
RedState.com: Coverage of Obamacare from the influential conservative blog.
Your Views
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