Healthcare law stands; local, state officials protest

NEW BRAUNFELS — Thursday’s 5-4 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the Affordable Healthcare Act sparked an immediate — and overwhelmingly negative — response in Comal County and throughout Texas.

Around 9 a.m., the nation’s highest court announced its majority decision to uphold the law, commonly called Obamacare. Within three hours, about two dozen protesters assembled at New Braunfels’ Main Plaza, waving flags, holding signs and encouraging drivers to honk their horns to show support.

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