How the Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care is Playing Abroad

By ⋅ June 28, 2012 ⋅ Post a comment
Patient in German hospital (Photo: Nadessa/Flickr)

Patient in German hospital (Photo: Nadessa/Flickr)

The US Supreme Court has said President Barack Obama’s landmark health care reform act is constitutional.

The court upheld a core requirement known as the “individual mandate” that Americans buy insurance or pay a fine.

Chief Justice John Roberts’ vote was decisive in the Supreme Court’s 5-4 ruling in favor of the law.

For an overseas perspective on the Supreme Court health care reform decision, Host Marco Werman speaks with Gregor Peter Schmitz, Washington correspondent for der Spiegel, and Said Arikat, Washington Bureau Chief for Al-Quds newspaper.

We also hear from New York Times journalist Jennifer Medina about medical tourism in Mexico where the border town of Mexicali has seen an influx of American patients in the past several years.

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One comment for “How the Supreme Court Ruling on Health Care is Playing Abroad”

  • http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100005008507608 Mark Stewart

    This was a different step taken by the government. The court has taken a decision to be mandatory for its citizens that either we have to go for a health insurance or shall be giving a fine. And the law was too approved with a majority going for the law. This is a good step or bad step I can’t imagine because if one has an insurance than it will benefit the authority or government and if not then it may not benefit the people during crisis because large losses cannot be easily affordable by the citizens.