尽管奥巴马政府一直坚称,根据联邦政府的征税权,不投保受到惩罚的内容是有效的,但直到周四之前,没有一个法院完全接受这一理论。那些支持这部名为《病人保护与廉价医疗法》(Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act)的人依据的是宪法赋予国会的监管州际商贸的权力。
The court did find one part of the law unconstitutional, saying its expansion of the federal-state Medicaid program threatened states' existing funding. The court ruled that the federal government can't put sanctions on states' existing Medicaid funding if the states decline to go along with the Medicaid expansion.
最高法院的确发现医改法案的一项内容违背了宪法。最高法院说,医改法案扩大了联邦-州医疗补助计划(Medicaid),这样做威胁到了各州现有的资金来源。最高法院裁定,如果有的州拒绝依照医改法案扩大医疗补助计划,联邦政府不得针对该州现有的医疗补助计划资金来源施加惩罚。
The ruling leaves the bulk of the law intact and means the fall campaign will present voters with a clear choice between Republicans who want to repeal the law and Democrats led by Mr. Obama, who spent much of the first 14 months of his term pushing his health overhaul through Congress.
最高法院的裁决使得医改法案的大部分内容得以保留,意味着今年秋季的总统大选中选民将面临明确的选择:一边是希望废除医改法案的共和党,一边是由奥巴马领导的民主党。奥巴马上任后头14个月的大部分时间里都在努力推进医改法案在国会获得通过。
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