{"id":8220,"date":"2012-06-28T19:44:38","date_gmt":"2012-06-28T23:44:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/?p=8220"},"modified":"2012-06-28T19:44:38","modified_gmt":"2012-06-28T23:44:38","slug":"obama-healthcare-bill-not-defeated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2012\/06\/obama-healthcare-bill-not-defeated.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Healthcare Bill (Not) Defeated"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

BLT shared<\/a> this wonderful remake of a famous scene (when the media reported prematurely and incorrectly that \u201cDewey Defeats Truman\u201d:<\/p>\n

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It was inspired by this bit of misreporting<\/a>, which Jim West shared a screenshot of on his blog<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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If you have been hiding<\/a> under<\/a> a rock somewhere and still don\u2019t know what this is about, the news<\/a> broke\u00a0earlier today that the United States Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality<\/a> of the Obama healthcare reforms<\/a>, known as the \u201cAffordable Care Act.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most liberals<\/a> \u2013 and pretty much\u00a0everyone<\/a> not indifferent<\/a> to the situation<\/a> of the\u00a0poor<\/a> \u2013 are pleased<\/a> with the ruling \u2013 as are\u00a0those who embrace mainstream science and medicine<\/a>.\u00a0Many<\/a> (but by no means all<\/a>) conservatives<\/a> are<\/a> dismayed<\/a>, and some will continue to rant<\/a> about \u201csocialism.\u201d But if those conservatives actually knew anyone even merely with socialist leanings, they would know that such people will say that these reforms do not go nearly far enough<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Joel Watts<\/a> kindly shared a link to the entire ruling<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Let me conclude with an image that puts this whole matter nicely in perspective:<\/p>\n

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Except, of course, that the new legislation does not in fact nationalize health care \u2013 a more thorough solution that the United States still seems not to be ready for.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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