I'm going to stand up for 24605, on this one. His concerns, as stated, have been about legality, Constitutionality, and long term consequences, which indicates that he is thinking rather deeply about this subject. So, yes, I would hold him up as a "pillar of intellect" with regards to this discussion.
No one, even its most ardent detractors, has said that having health insurance, or affordable access to health care, is anything but desirable.
Its detractors have simply said that shredding the Constitution, by over-reaching the Constitutional limits on Federal authority, is a very bad way to do it.
If this law is struck down (and I, too, sincerely hope that it is), then it will be the American patriots who actually *understand* Constitutional law and limits on Federal authority, who struck it down.
The fact that you agree with a law, does not automatically make it a *good* law.