Paul Krugman: Court ruling gives ordinary Americans reason to celebrate - Viewpoints - The Sacramento Bee

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So the Supreme Court – defying many expectations – upheld the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare. There will, no doubt, be many headlines declaring this a big victory for President Barack Obama, which it is. But the real winners are ordinary Americans – people like you.

How many people are we talking about? You might say 30 million, the number of additional people the Congressional Budget Office says will have health insurance thanks to Obamacare. But that vastly understates the true number of winners because millions of other Americans – including many who oppose the act – would have been at risk of being one of those 30 million.

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