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"For the many Utah politicians who were wrong twice — when they thought the Affordable Care Act was a bad thing and when they assumed that, if ignored, it would go away — it is time to return to the real world. ..."

" ... In Utah, the ruling should expedite resolution of the tiresome dispute over extending Medicaid coverage under the ACA to millions of low-income families and individuals. ..."

" ... The ACA will be reformed over the coming years — and should be — but it's not fated to be repealed. ..."

Obamacare needs a scalpel, not an ax — Arizona Republic Editorial

" ... The decision saved Republican opponents of the Affordable Care Act from the job of fixing what would have been broken had the court thrown out subsidies for those who don't get their insurance through state exchanges. And let's face it, the opponents don't have much in their tool kit. ..."

" ... A new analysis by the Congressional Budget Office estimates that dismantling the Affordable Care Act would result in a 19 million increase in the number of uninsured and cause the federal deficit to grow by at least $137 billion over 10 years. Politicians are irresponsible to even contemplate such a disaster. ..."

The Supreme Court Saves Obamacare, Again — New York Times Editorial

"On Thursday morning, for the second time in three years, a majority of the Supreme Court rightly rejected a blatantly political effort to destroy the Affordable Care Act. The case challenging the law, King v. Burwell, was always an ideological farce dressed in a specious legal argument, and the court should never have taken review of it to begin with. ..."

The damaging doctrine of John Roberts — George F. Will | The Washington Post

"Conservatives are dismayed about the Supreme Court's complicity in rewriting the Affordable Care Act — its ratification of the IRS' disregard of the statute's plain and purposeful language. But they have contributed to this outcome. Their decades of populist praise of judicial deference to the political branches has borne this sour fruit. ..."

The catch in the court's health-care ruling — Cass Sunstein | Bloomberg View

" ... Robert's impressive opinion Thursday was not quite that dramatic, but it is a masterwork of indirection. It's already being seen as a final vindication of the health-care act. But it is also a strong assertion of the court's, and not the executive branch's, ultimate power to say what the law is. ..."

" ... even if liberals are happy with the Obamacare decision and conservatives are upset about it, deferring to Congress's clear intent is supposed to be the way conservative judges rule. ..."

ACA issue raises questions on legitimacy of public debate — Megan McArdle | Bloomberg View

" ... However much you dislike the behavior of Congress, or the Supreme Court, or the president, you would like it even less if they really did lose political legitimacy. Because it wouldn't just be you who threw off the shackles of custom and civic restraint and disregarded rulings you disliked. Those villains on the other side would do the same."