‘This Was A Good Day
For America’: Obama’s Victory Lap On Obamacare Supreme Court Ruling
by Charlie Spiering 25 Jun 2015
President Obama celebrated
the news that the Supreme Court ruled in favor of Obamacare in the King vs. Burwell case.
Although the word was out just after 10, Obama basked in the
news for a full hour before he stepped into the Rose Garden with Vice President
Joe Biden to deliver his reaction.
“The Affordable Care Act is here to stay,” he announced from
the podium, noting that Republicans had been working for years to bring it
down.
“As the dust has settled, there can be no doubt that this
law is working,” he added.
Obama celebrated it as an important legacy item, noting that
someday American grandchildren would ask their parents about a time when people
with pre-existing conditions weren’t covered.
In his remarks, Obama tried to end the debate, repeatedly
asserting his health care plan was working.
“This is reality … this is healthcare in America,” he stated
emphatically. “It’s workin’.”
“In many ways this law is working better than we expected it
to,” he added.
The president also repeated his line about Obamacare
being “woven into the fabric of America” just like social welfare programs such
as Social
Security and Medicare.
“This was a good day for America,” he said as he concluded
his speech. “Let’s get back to work.”
Obama’s attitude toward the case was one of frustration,
appearing that he took it as a personal insult that the Supreme Court even took up the case. Earlier this month, Obama
flashed his annoyance at reporters who asked if he was worried that a key
component of his signature legislation would fail.
“This should be an easy case. Frankly, it probably shouldn’t
even have been taken up,” Obama said on June 8.
He dismissed the case as “based on a twisted interpretation
of four words,” one that could easily be fixed by a Republican Congress.
White House aides refused to share any suggestion of a “plan
B” should the ruling go the other way.
“This would be hard to fix, Obama admitted. “Fortunately,
there’s no reason to have to do it. It doesn’t need fixing. All right?”
Social Security
James Roosevelt
Jr. was an associate commissioner for the Social Security Administration, and is a governor for the Roosevelt Institute.
Note: Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Roosevelt Institute, the Center for American Progress,
the Committee for Economic Development, the Brookings Institution
(think tank), and the Human Rights First.
George Soros
was the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter
for the Center for American Progress,
and William D. Zabel was his divorce
lawyer.
Donald M. Berwick
is a senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress, and was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
Ezekiel Emanuel
is a senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress, Rahm I. Emanuel’s
brother, and was the health care policy adviser for the Barack Obama administration.
Christie
Hefner is the spokesperson for the Center
for American Progress, and a founding partner for the Directors' Council.
Gwendolyn S. King
is a founding partner for the Directors'
Council, and was a commissioner for the Social Security Administration.
Michele J. Hooper
is a founding partner for the Directors'
Council, and a member of the Belizean
Grove.
Belizean_Grove
is the equivalent to the male-only social group, the Bohemian Club.
Sonia Sotomayor
was a member of the Belizean Grove, and
is a justice for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Julie
Daum is a member of the Belizean
Grove, and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Henrietta
Holsman Fore is a member of the Belizean
Grove, and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Davia
B. Temin is a member of the Belizean
Grove, and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Mary Agnes
Wilderotter is a member of the Belizean
Grove, and a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development.
Donna
S. Morea was a trustee at the Committee
for Economic Development, and the EVP for the CGI Group Inc.
CGI Group Inc.
was the Obamacare contractor that
developed Healthcare.gov web site.
Obamacare
is Barack Obama’s signature policy
initiative.
Center
for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight is the implementing agency
for Obamacare, and a division of the
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid
Services.
Barack
Obama’s signature policy initiative is Obamacare,
and was an intern at Sidley Austin LLP.
Dora
Hughes is a senior policy adviser for Sidley
Austin LLP, and was Kathleen
Sebelius’s counselor at HHS.
Kathleen Sebelius’s
counselor at U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS), was Dora
Hughes, and was the secretary at the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Barack Obama administration.
Sylvia
Mathews Burwell is the secretary for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and was the president,
global development for the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation.
King v. Burwell
Full case name
Bill
& Melinda Gates Foundation was a funder for the Center for American Progress, the Committee for Economic Development, and the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Howard
K. Koh is the assistant secretary at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for the Barack Obama administration, and Harold H. Koh’s brother.
Harold
H. Koh is Howard K. Koh’s brother,
was a trustee at the Brookings
Institution (think tank), a director at the Human Rights First, and the legal adviser at the U.S. Department of State for the Barack Obama administration.
William
D. Zabel is the chair for the Human
Rights First, a trustee at the Foundation
to Promote Open Society, and George
Soros’s divorce lawyer.
George Soros’s
divorce lawyer was William D. Zabel,
the chairman for the Foundation to Promote Open Society, a supporter for
the Center for American Progress,
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the Human Rights First, and the Center
for American Progress.
Mark
A. Angelson was a director at the Human
Rights First, and a partner at Sidley
Austin LLP.
James
D. Zirin was a director at the Human
Rights First, and a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Newton
N. Minow is a senior counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
R.
Eden Martin is counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP, and the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago.
Commercial Club of
Chicago, Members Directory A-Z (Past Research)
Tuesday, December 17, 2013
Rahm
I. Emanuel is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, the Chicago (IL) mayor,
Ezekiel Emanuel’s brother, and was
the White House chief of staff for the Barack
Obama administration.
Valerie B. Jarrett
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, the senior adviser for the Barack
Obama administration, and her great uncle is Vernon E. Jordan Jr.
Cyrus F.
Freidheim Jr. is a member of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution (think tank).
Vernon E. Jordan
Jr. is an honorary trustee at the Brookings Institution
(think tank), Valerie B. Jarrett’s great
uncle, a director at the American Friends of Bilderberg
(think tank), a senior counsel for Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, the president emeritus for the Robert Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville,
VA), was the president of the Economic Club of Washington, and a
2008 Bilderberg conference participant (think tank).
Akin,
Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP was a funder for the Center for American Progress.
Donald M. Berwick
is a senior fellow at the Center for
American Progress, and was an administrator for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
John G. Roberts
Jr. is an honorary member of the Robert
Trent Jones Golf Club (Gainesville, VA), the chief justice for the U.S. Supreme Court, and the chancellor
for the Smithsonian Institution.
Joseph R. Biden Jr.
is a regent at the Smithsonian
Institution, and the vice president for the Barack Obama administration.
David M.
Rubenstein is a regent at the Smithsonian
Institution, a co-chairman for the Brookings Institution (think tank), and the president of the Economic Club
of Washington.
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