Tears came to my eyes.
Doesn’t happen very often: a U. S. Supreme Court decision that makes me cry. I’ve known so many people who haven’t been able to get health insurance, heard of people who have been dropped by their insurance, etc. Absolute catastrophes.
And people who hang on to jobs they don’t like–jobs which need people who are enthusiastic about them to be done well–in order to keep health insurance for themselves and their families.
I have an individualist, libertarian streak; a function, I think, of the rugged-individualist tradition in American life and reading lots and lots of Ayn Rand–at times fanatically–when I was in my early twenties. In some areas, the truth is that we are all in this together.
I’m sure there are many things that can be improved over time with various aspects of the Affordable Healthcare Act. I look forward to the process playing itself out.
For now, I’m grateful to everyone who made this possible, and for everyone who will benefit from this.
(And I celebrated by washing my kitchen floor! Which happens about as often as Chief Justice Roberts siding with the liberal wing of the Supreme Court.)
Eric Edberg 