Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Upheld By the Supreme Court

From Labor Campaign for Single Payer

Yesterday's Supreme Court decision that substantially upholds the Affordable Care Act (ACA) was widely praised by the national labor movement. "Working people won a resounding victory," proclaimed SEIU President Mary Kay Henry as she thanked President Obama and the members of Congress who supported the ACA.

Likewise, AFL-CIO President Rich Trumka declared himself "pleased and relieved." However, he also stated that, "We have no illusion that the destination has been reached, and we are more committed than ever to the hard work necessary to achieve our dream of quality health care for all." One "indisputably constitutional solution," Trumka suggested, would be to “allow Americans of all ages to buy into an improved Medicare program."

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Published July 17th, 2012

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