Running down the varied say reaction to the health law decision

State leaders reacted to the Supreme Court health law decision in varied ways: Some hailed the decision as a victory for each day Americans while others warned the decision will harm citizens. Still others, however, including Va. Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli, saw a blended bag. 

The Associated Press: Coverage For Most People, A Scramble For States
The Supreme Court settled the legal argument over health care Thursday. Now people in the United States will find out if President Barack Obama’s overhaul can work as advertised to provide coverage to millions of uninsured while also keeping costs in check. If it works, the U.S. will move closer to other economically advanced countries that for years have guaranteed health insurance to their citizens. If the plan falters, anticipate endless political wrangling over the nation’s problems with high medical costs, widespread waste and millions of uninsured people (Alonso-Zaldivar, 6/29).

Los Angeles Times: Supreme Court’s Health Care Ruling: The Outlook For California
Amid the cheering in many quarters over the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the federal health care law, a sobering fact remains: California’s ailing health care system will not be simple to fix. Millions of Californians will still lack insurance even after a big coverage expansion. Medical costs and premiums are expected to keep rising, at least in the short run. And many of those who do gain coverage could have a tough time finding a physician to treat them (Terhune, 6/29).

KQED: Local Republican Leader Weighs In: The Discussion Is About Taxes Now
Duf Sundheim was the chair of the California Republic Party from 2003-2007 and remains active in the party. He lives in Los Altos Hills, CA. KQED’s Stephanie Martin spoke to him this day about his reaction to the Supreme Court decision (Dornhelm, 6/28).

KQED: Health Decision Will Have Big Impact On California’s Ethnic Communities
Health disparities in the say are stark. “Diabetes affects 13 percent of Native Americans in the state, 11 percent of Latinos, 10 percent of African Americans,” states Ellen Wu, the executive director of the California Pan-Ethnic Health Network (CPEHN). “That’s compared to five percent of the white population.” Wu states there is a gap in access to care too. That’s why the Supreme Court decision upholding the Affordable Care Act is such a watershed moment for her (Dornhelm, 6/28).

The Washington Post: Gov. McDonnell Calls Supreme Court Health-Care Decision ‘A Bad Ruling For The American People’
While Republican leaders in Richmond universally decried the ruling, their next step was less clear. McDonnell stated he would meet with his staff to determine how or even if Virginia would move forward to create a health insurance exchange. McDonnell stated that a state-based market place for insurance policies is a bad idea, but that a federally created one would be worse (Vozzella, 6/28).

The Washington Post: Ken Cuccinelli, On Second Thought, Likes Supreme Court Health-Care Decision
The reason? His first impression was based on the basic upshot of the ruling: The court had upheld “Obamacare.” His second was based on a closer look at the ruling, which he found upheld individual liberty and curbed federal power even as it left the law in place (Vozzella, 6/28).

Richmond Times-Dispatch: Cuccinelli Cites Loss On Policy, Win On Commerce Clause
The way Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli sees it, opponents of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul lost the policy battle but won the constitutional war. “On the health care policy side today, our side mostly lost,” Cuccinelli stated of the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to largely uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. But Cuccinelli claimed victory in the court’s ruling that Congress does not have the power to use the commerce clause of the Constitution to compel Americans to buy a product – in this case, health insurance – but must do so by using its taxing authority (Nolan, 6/29).

Chicago Sun-Times: Quinn ‘Thrilled’ Over Obamacare Decisions
“This is a great day for health care in America and a great day for health care in Illinois – we should never, ever forget this day,” Gov. Pat Quinn stated Thursday at the new Lurie Children’s Museum in Streeterville. “The highest court in our land has stated the Affordable Care Act is the law of the land.” Quinn stated he would resume working with the legislature to create a health-insurance exchange through which the uninsured and small businesses will be able to buy private coverage. In Illinois, 1,914,000 residents are uninsured, or about 15 percent. Illinois has received three federal allows to study and begin building its health insurance exchange, but the initiative stalled in the Legislature last spring amid uncertainty over which way the nation’s high court would rule, a delay that heightens the likelihood of missing a key federal deadline (Pallasch and McKinney, 6/28).

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