Supreme Court shouldn't be beholden to any party

Editor,

The U.S. Supreme Court is the branch of government that is given the responsibility to judge a case on its merits, not for political expedience to satisfy the desires of any one political party. That said, the decision of the chief justices of the Supreme Court decided that the Affordable Care Act is a constitutionally correct law that was supported by the article of the U.S. Constitution that gives that right to the U.S. government, under the taxation provision of that document to penalize those who do not purchase insurance. The decision does not mean that the provision in the ACA is a tax increase, anymore than the requirement that was put into place in the Massachusetts by Governor Willard "Mitt" Romney six years ago.

The Affordable Care Act was modeled after the Massachusetts law, that is doing quite well in that state and has a 98 percent success rate in that state. The idea of a penalty for not having any health care insurance is just that: a penalty, not a tax. There are provisions in the ACA that were put into it to help persuade the citizens to decide to get health care insurance that will assist them when they need it. The members of the Supreme Court are not beholden to either party; it is their job to decide the qualities of laws on their merits, not to cater to any group of people who want to sway them.