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Originally Posted by Riot
If it is overturned, we must go to national single payer to control our skyrocking healthcare costs, so some on the far left are hoping for a defeat. The judges did acknowledge that in the discussion today, which points in favor of upholding the mandate.
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The other thing in favor of upholding the mandate is that the health insurance companies have lots of skin in the game; they would be devastated if the SCOTUS strikes down the mandate, but lets the rest of Obamacare play on.
Listening to NPR tonight, their commentators thought that everything depended on Kennedy, the swing vote. Not a good day for the government.
Ocala Mike