The recent Supreme Court's landmark healthcare ruling drew praise from President Obama, who said that "it's time for us to move forward to implement and, where necessary, improve."
Obama took special note of the provisions of the law that he explained will for the first time provide health insurance for nearly all Americans when it is fully implemented in 2014. He allayed fears that millions of Americans have to give up their current insurance plans.
The new healthcare law is expected to bolster the already-soaring demand for healthcare jobs. Among these jobs are for medical office assistant, registered nurse, pharmacist, clinical laboratory technician, physical therapist, occupational therapist, paramedic, and massage therapist.
The president’s statements came shortly after the Supreme Court upheld his proposed healthcare law, which earlier had incited much political debate. The decision is available on the Supreme Court website.
A majority of the justices essentially said that the individual mandate—the controversial requirement that most Americans purchase health insurance or be fined—can be likened to a tax and thus is constitutional.
"Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness," Chief Justice John Roberts pointed out in his opinion.
Obama took pains to point out that, "it should be pretty clear by now that I didn't do this because it was good politics—I did it because I believed it was good for the country."
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