Health Reform and the Supreme Court

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Author(s) The New York Times editorial board
Source The New York Times
Date November 14, 2011
URL http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/opinion/health-reform-and-the-supreme-court.html
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Quotes-start.png Almost everyone needs health care at some point, and if uninsured people are unable to pay steep medical bills they will get charity care that shifts the costs to others, whose insurance premiums go up to cover the cost of the free riders. There is no denying the health care market is interconnected and that individuals’ decisions to purchase insurance — or not — affects the whole system. Quotes-end.png


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This item argues against the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.