U.S. Supreme Court Ruling On Affordable Health Care Act

 In response to the U.S. Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling 

in favor of the Affordable Health Care Act....

      I have mostly sat quietly on the sidelines during the past couple years, as Obamacare was implemented across the country. As a Republican who favors small government, less taxes, and fewer mandates into people's personal lives, I have questioned the practicality of forcing people to buy health care coverage, and subsidizing those who don't have it.
      At the same time, it seems incongruous to me that we had (have) a broken health care system. If we lived in a truly capitalist society, we wouldn't have Medicare and Medicaid to subsidize the elderly and the disabled.
     Unfortunately, both Republicans and Democrats in Congress have refused to fix our broken system in recent years, which is presumably why Obamacare came into existence.
      As someone who has been disabled with cancer since August, 2012....but not "officially" declared disabled by Social Security until two years later in January, 2015....I have personally experienced the discrepancies that have existed in our health care system.
      Because I worked for decades, I always thought that I paid into a system that would take care of me, in case I became terminally ill. Boy, was I wrong. I still have a $25,000 debt for chemotherapy that accrued in 2012, before a revamped Oregon Health Plan (due to Obama's Affordable Health Care Act) kicked in January, 2013. I shudder to think what would have happened between January, 2013, and January, 2015 (when I FINALLY became "disabled" and eligible for Social Security Disability), if Obamacare hadn't been around.
      How long would my doctors and chemotherapy clinics continued to treat me during those two years, had I not been covered by the Affordable Health Care Act during those two years? How costly would my medical treatment have become during those two years, considering that my medical bills had climbed to $25,000 in just four months in 2012?
      The system is still broken. Even with Medicare coverage, now that I no longer am eligible for the Oregon Health Plan (Medicaid), I have to pay 20 percent of my medical supplies out of pocket. For my urostomy supplies alone, that can amount to $3.00 per day out of pocket.
      Do I believe that people should be forced to buy health insurance? No. But do I believe that people who pay into a system should have their medical bills reimbursed, if they become terminally ill? Yes.
      Unfortunately, I don't see the system improving any time soon. As a bigger percentage of the population becomes inflicted with cancer at younger ages, the rest of the working population is not going to be able to support them all.
      RAPTURE, I hope you come soon!