Washington, 2 APR (EFE).-the President of United States, Barack Obama, said today that he hoped that, at the end, the Supreme Court will confirm the validity of the 2010 health reform, because, in his view, it is “constitutional”.
“Trust that the Supreme Court will not take what would be a step of extraordinary and unprecedented to repeal a law approved by a strong majority in a democratically elected Congress”, said Obama, in a joint press conference with Mexican President Felipe Calderon and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
“Is constitutional.” “This is not only my opinion, but the opinion of legal experts across the ideological range, including two judges of a Court of appeal very conservative”, said Obama.
For the American President, the case before the Supreme Court is a “good example” of the warning that a panel of judges, not elected by the people to repeal a law which is why reiterated his optimism that the Supreme will recognize this reality and “will not give that step”.
“This is not an abstract argument.” “The lack of the availability of health care affects the lives of the people” and the reform already has given coverage to 2.5 million young people, has emphasized Obama.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments for and against health care reform, focusing on four fundamental aspects on the constitutionality of the law, the main achievement of the mandate of Obama and that it was approved by Congress in 2010 without support of the Republican opposition.
The central theme, which will depend on the survival of part or all of the reform, is whether Congress may or may not, within their powers constitutional to require Americans to have compulsory health insurance under penalty of a fine.
Between their elements, the complex health care reform – the largest in nearly half a century in the country – requires that all Americans who do not have insurance through their employers or social welfare programmes acquire it from 2014 or pay a fine.
Is the first time that the American President is pronounced directly on the national debate over health care reform, which has become an electoral issue. Republicans have promised to revoke her if recover the White House in next November.
Obama made these statements during a joint press conference at the end of a trilateral summit with Calderon and Harper, in order to further strengthen cooperation in security and economic North America.
