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USA Today/ - News, Sex, 30 de Março de 2012
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BIDEN: Confident on health care
Add Vice President Biden to the list of Obama
administration officials who won't discuss even the
possibility that the health care law might get struck
down by the Supreme Court.
"I am not going to speculate about something I don't
believe will happen," Biden said in an interview for this
Sunday's Face The Nation on CBS. "I don't believe it
will happen."
Some Obama supporters beyond the confines of the
White House are worried in light of this week's
Supreme Court arguments. Conservative justices
asked critical questions about the health care law's key
feature: the individual mandate, the requirement that
nearly all Americans buy health insurance or face a
fine.
Biden -- one of the administration's most outspoken
members -- echoed other officials by saying, "We think
the mandate and the law is constitutional. And we think
the court will rule that way."
CBS released excerpts from the Biden interview to be
broadcast Sunday, the first day of Face The Nation's
new hour-long format.
The Supreme Court is at work on a health care ruling
likely to be made public in June, reports USA TODAY's
Richard Wolf.
Throughout the week, White House officials have said
they have no contingency plans should things go
against them in the high court.
"If there's a reason or a need for us to consider some
contingencies down the line, then we'll do it then," said
White House spokesman Josh Earnest. "But, as I said,
it's foolhardy to try to predict the outcome of this
decision based solely on the questions of the judges."
Like other officials, Biden said the administration is
focused on implementing the law. He attacked Mitt
Romney and other Republican presidential candidates
for vowing to repeal the law.
"I just think we should focus on what is the law doing
for people now and what would happen if in fact the
Republicans were able to repeal it," Biden said.
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