SCOTUS can make unconstitutional rulings. The difference is that in modern times the other two branches do not do much about it. Each branch can (and is morally obligated) to derail an unconstitutional law.
Judiciary Branch: The Supreme Court can set aside an unconstitional law through their decision.
Legislative Branch: The Congress can repeal it or supersede the unconstitional law with a just law.
Executive Branch: The President can direct the Justice Department to not enforce the unconstitional law, or (this is a little bit of a gray area): attempt to negate the law with an Executive Order to the contrary of the law's intent and purpose.
The ACA/ObamaCare law qualifies as being unconstitutional in that it is not in within the scope of the powers delegated to the federal government from the states.
So I'm not ignoring the Supreme Court but pointing out that like any other group of human beings, they can get decisions wrong. They have in the past obviously with the Dred Scott decision - the high water mark of lunacy in civil proceedings, and in my opinion, with Roe v. Wade as well.
Further, the individual citizen need not be bound to consider a law constitutional or unconstitutional by copying the Supreme Court's opinion. The Constitution is an open document, surprisingly free of legalese and each one of us can read it and see if "a reasonable person" would consider newly crafted law in scope of that master document.
As to the woman getting screwed over: Yes, United Healthcare made the decision to leave California, but only because the Federal government via the ACA has intruded so much into the health care business as to make it impossible for United Healthcare to turn a profit unless they change things. The government initiated ObamaCare and by extension the ripple effect that goes through the insurance companies who now have to adjust their business practices to keep a level of profit. The blame rests solely on the government as the initiator of this fiasco and the predictable effects in the actions that businesses will have to take in order to survive.
Businesses must turn a profit or they will close down. The government has no such restriction which is how you get to a 17 trillion dollar debt.
The fact that she can still buy reduced coverage at a severely increased rate is laughable as a "benefit" of this law.
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