I’m OK with this ruling solely because it means there’s slightly less chance for the left to completely wreck our healthcare system and replace it with something even worse.
Well yeah…Obamacare spawned as a Republican idea…all it does is pool folks without insurance access through work together for more favorable pricing just like employers do for their employees…
But its still running through the insurance companies
Back on the old site I was ripped to bits for buying health care stock. One of the best hedges of my investing path well that and buying stock in companies that get subject to the mindless boycotts. Buy the stock the day after some talking head has a meltdown and, on average, six weeks later sell at a handsome profit.
First, the GOP complained about the ACA because of the mandate. They sued and went to the SCOTUS. Dems said the mandate was a tax and SCOTUS agreed.
Until 2017, the ACA was in place. Then Trump and the GOP eliminated the mandate.
And the ACA still worked just fine.
Which is great!
Or not. Texas then argued that the mandate was “baked in” to the ACA, and without the mandate the whole act was null and void and so was the prior SCOTUS ruling.
Which is a fairly clever argument, if you cannot eliminate a program (through SCOTUS) you don’t like, just change any part of it and then sue to eliminate the act again, because the prior SCOTUS ruling is now null and void.
The problem here is that eliminating the mandate was the most obtrusive part of the Act. By eliminating all penalties they eliminated any chance to argue that the act was injurious to anyone. It provides benefit or it doesn’t, but it doesn’t harm anyone by existing.