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Updated Jun 28, 2012 - 10:53 am

What exactly does the health care ruling mean for you?

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By Karie & Chuck
Originally published: Jun 28, 2012 - 10:51 am

People argue outside the Supreme Court about a landmark decision on health care, Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

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The Supreme Court upheld nearly all of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul on Thursday.

So, the next question is, "What does it mean to you?"

Luckily, The Washington Post came up formula where you answer four simple questions and a table explains it to you.

Supporters of President Barack Obama's health
care law celebrate outside the Supreme Court in
Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, after the
court's ruling was announced. AP Photo/David
Goldman)

President Barack Obama speaks in the East Room
of the White House in Washington, Thursday,
June 28, 2012, after the Supreme Court ruled on
his health care legislation. (AP Photo/Luke
Sharrett/Pool)

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton
delivers a brief statement on the Supreme
Court's ruling on health care, Thursday, June
28, 2012, after arriving in St. Petersburg,
Russia. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, Pool)

With the Capitol in the background, Republican
presidential candidate, former Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney speaks about the Supreme
Court's health care ruling, Thursday, June 28,
2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles
Dharapak)

Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn, speaks outside
the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June
28, 2012, after the court's ruling on President
Barack Obama's health care law was announced.
AP Photo/David Goldman)

Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas speaks outside
the Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June
28, 2012, in favor of the court's ruling on
President Barack Obama's health care law . (AP
Photo/David Goldman)

With the Capitol in the background, Republican
presidential candidate, former Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney pauses while speaking about
the Supreme Court's health care ruling,
Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Washington. (AP
Photo/Charles Dharapak)

With the Capitol in the background, Republican
presidential candidate, former Massachusetts
Gov. Mitt Romney leaves after speaking about
the Supreme Court's health care ruling,
Thursday, June 28, 2012, in Washington. (AP
Photo/Charles Dharapak)

House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, center,
walks toward the House chamber on Capitol Hill
in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, after
the Supreme Court's ruling on President Barack
Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn
Martin)

Claire McAndrew of Washington, left, and Donny
Kirsch of Washington celebrate outside the
Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 28,
2012, after a the court's ruling on health
care. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Demonstrators stand outside the Supreme Court
in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, before
the court's ruling on health care. (AP
Photo/Evan Vucci)

This television frame grab shows CNN
broadcasting the Supreme Court's decision on
President Barack Obama's health care law on
Thursday, June 28, 2012. Both CNN and Fox
News Channel incorrectly reported Thursday
that the law's central provision, requiring
virtually all Americans to have health
insurance, had been struck down. Both
networks backtracked when it became clear
that the court upheld the provision.
Broadcast networks broke into regular
programming to deliver special reports and
generally got it right. To get the news out
quickly, competitive news organizations had
to wade through pages of legal writing. (AP
Photo)

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif.
relays the breaking news to her staff that
the Supreme Court had just upheld the
Affordable Care Act, Thursday, June 28, 2012,
on Capitol Hill in Washington. Pelosi, the
former speaker of the House, was instrumental
in helping to pass health care reform in
Congress and was at President Obama's side
when he signed it into law. (AP Photo/J.
Scott Applewhite)

William Temple, of Brunswick, Ga., waits
outside the Supreme Court a landmark decision
on health care on Thursday, June 28, 2012 in
Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Protestors shadows are cast outside the Supreme
Court in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012,
in Washington, as the Supreme Court is expected
to announce its verdict on President Barack
Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/David
Goldman)

People wait on line for passes to enter the
Supreme Court in Washington, Thursday, June 28,
2012. Saving its biggest case for last, the
Supreme Court is expected to announce its
ruling on President Barack Obama's health care
law. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Belly dancers Angela Petry, left, and
Jennifer Carpenter-Peak, both of Washington,
dance outside the Supreme Court in
Washington,Thursday, June 28, 2012, in
Washington, as part of a demonstration as the
Supreme Court is expected to rule on
President Barack Obama's health care law. (AP
Photo/David Goldman)

People who waited in line overnight to hear the
Supreme Court on a landmark case on health care
hold their belongings as they make their way
into the court in Washington, Thursday, June
28, 2012. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Demonstrators pray outside the Supreme Court in
Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, before a
landmark decision on health care. (AP
Photo/Evan Vucci)

A group of belly dancers in favor of Medicare
for all perform outside the Supreme Court in
Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012, before a
landmark decision on health care. (AP
Photo/Evan Vucci)

Russell Mokhiber, of Berkeley Springs, W.Va.,
center, argues in favor of a form of Medicare
for all, as he waits outside the Supreme
Court in Washington, Thursday, June 28, 2012,
for a landmark decision on health care.
Mokhiber is part of a group that brought
belly dancers to the court as they way for
the decision. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Journalists wait outside the Supreme Court for
a landmark decision on health care on Thursday,
June 28, 2012 in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan
Vucci)

An officer stands outside the Supreme Court as
media and the public gather Thursday, June 28,
2012, in Washington. Saving its biggest case
for last, the Supreme Court is expected to
announce its verdict Thursday on President
Barack Obama's health care law. (AP Photo/David
Goldman)

Maggie O'Brien, 20, of Syracuse, N.Y., wakes up
after spending the night sleeping outside the
Supreme Court Thursday, June 28, 2012, in
Washington. Saving its biggest case for last,
the Supreme Court is expected to announce its
verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's
health care law. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

The White House is seen in Washington,
Thursday, June 28, 2012, after the Supreme
Court ruled on President Barack Obama's health
care legislation. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez
Monsivais)

Karie & Chuck,

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Steve wrote...

What the ruling means for me?

June 28, 2012 11:25 am

It is a tax and it will affect the middle class. It also means that the Constitution really doesn't mean anything to our Leaders and those who are called on to protect the Constitution.

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2cents wrote...

That may be YOUR next question . . .

June 28, 2012 1:03 pm

but I already know what it means for me as well as all US citizens. A smarter question would be, how soon can we repeal it?

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No more war wrote...

30 Million Americans Can Now Be Covered....

June 28, 2012 4:16 pm

....Sounds good to me! The Republicans will be having a House Vote on July 9th to try to repeal it again, which will clear thru the House, BUT then it dies in the Democratic-controlled Senate, but even if the repeal gets thru both House & Senate, then it would go to Obama’s Desk and he will VETO the Repeal, so really the ONLY way now for ‘Obamacare’ to still get repealed is if Mitt Romney get elected in Nov, which ain’t gonna happen. OBAMA 2012!

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2cents wrote...

I'm so happy . . .

June 29, 2012 12:05 pm

. . for the many dear, elated ones out there who believe our country will uphold as well as survive Obamacare. Our current socialized health system has long been in need of mending, but instead, it has been ripped out of the fabric and replaced with lighter fluid. Many people have taken the bait. And I'm so happy for their temporary glee. It truly must feel like the devil has been defeated. I get it. I also get when I've been swindled.

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