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The Affordable Care Act is officially Constitutional. It is time for the naysayers to move on.

Of course, we know that they won’t. Not because they don’t like health care, or affordable health insurance, or even mandates. But because not liking ObamaCare is a political rallying cry. It simply stokes the opposition. For no other reason, the opposition will hate ObamaCare and the Supreme Court decision on Thursday.

“We know that the act will help all people be more engaged to make better, more informed health decisions, and that’s a good thing,” says Leslie Kelly Hall, senior vice president of policy atHealthwise. She also serves in several capacities for the Health and Human Services committees in Washington DC.

People, we live in a society. There are laws. The government tells you to pay taxes. The police department says you can’t go through a red light. God says you cannot kill people. We live under mandates of what we can and cannot do, based on the good of society. You cannot run a red light because you might cause a traffic accident. You cannot avoid paying taxes because who will pay a soldiers salary? Who will keep your public school open? ObamaCare is the age old debate about whether everything should be private, or whether there is room for the common wealth.

While the mandate under the Affordable Care Act is far from perfect, it is far from a bad one. The market will not crash because of this.

Over time, Americans will be required to have health insurance. This meansthe whopping 50+ million Americans who have no health insurance, and therefore do not go to the doctor, will be required under the law to get some.

The number of uninsured has increased over the past decade, largely due to the struggling economy and resulting weak job market. Adults have experienced a larger increase in their uninsured rate compared to children. This difference is largely due to limited eligibility for public coverage among adults. Health insurance makes a difference in...