U.S. Supreme Court’s Obamacare Decision

HIGHLANDS, NJ, June 28 – Sixth District Congressional candidate Anna Little called today’s
U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
(PPACA) a disappointing defeat for the American people. Now, Little says, we must work even
harder to guarantee that the flawed health care law, commonly called Obamacare, is repealed.

During the summer of 2009, crowds packed town hall meetings to tell Frank Pallone, Anna
Little’s opponent in the Sixth Congressional race, not to vote for the health care legislation.
Despite the vigorous outcry from his constituents, the 24-year incumbent Congressman voted for
Obamacare. He even boasted that the legislation was “not Obama’s bill, not Pelosi’s bill, but my
[Pallone’s] bill.”

President Obama signed the unpopular bill into law on March 23, 2010, after unprecedented
parliamentarian moves resulted in highly partisan votes in favor of the legislation in both houses
of Congress.

A coalition of 26 states challenged the law, arguing that its mandate requiring everyone to buy
health insurance violates the U.S Constitution. In a 5 to 4 decision issued today, the Supreme
Court upheld the law’s individual mandate. It ruled that the penalty for not buying health
insurance “can reasonably be read as a tax,” and therefore survives under Congress’ power to
tax.

Responding to the decision, Anna Little said, “The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold
Obamacare, aka Pallonecare, against Constitutional challenges, is a disappointing defeat for the
American people. Poll after poll shows that the American people do not want the federal
government to be running our health care. We do not want government bureaucrats to come
between us and our families and the medical care that our families need, especially the elderly,
the infirm and children.”

“Furthermore,” Little continued, “the decision thwarts our Constitutional right to Religious
Freedom. The Individual Mandate forces religious institutions out of the business of health care.
This will reduce health care access, and increase the demands on the remains of a system whose
funding was reduced by half a trillion dollars. Despite the High Court’s ruling, We the People
believe that there are clear Constitutional boundaries to the powers that the President, Congress,
and the entire federal government may assert over the American people. Four of nine Justices
agree with us.”

“This disastrous ruling proves that we have much work to do. We must focus our attention, with
even more fire and energy, on repealing Obamacare. We must work to elect a President,
Senators, and Representatives committed to the law’s repeal, and committed to Constitutionally
limited government, so that we can put Justices on the Court who better understand the limits
placed by our Founders on the federal government’s powers.”

“After the faulty Obamacare is repealed, we can work on genuine health care reforms that will
address issues of soaring health care costs and health care affordability.”

Little suggested that the parts of the PPACA bill that the American people find desirable can be
passed individually as separate legislation, after the current bill is repealed.

Among the health care reforms Little proposes are:
 Establishing a patient choice-directed, free-market health care system, to make health
care affordable
 Enacting tort reform, which would help reduce costs of lawsuits and “defensive
medicine” that adds billions of dollars to the price of health care
 Allowing health care insurance providers to sell policies across state lines, to increase
competition and drive down prices
 Encouraging Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), which would put people in direct control
of their health care, without any third party interference
 Removing antitrust protection for insurance companies

For more information about Anna Little for Congress, or to volunteer, visit
www.annalittleforcongress.com or call 732-658-5461.