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Supreme Court Can't Stop Healthcare Reform
Whatever the court ultimately decides will only minimally alter the business of healthcare right now. Reform has been coming organically because payers can't—or won't—suffer double-digit premium increases any longer.
Perhaps after the SCOTUS' decision to throw out the unconstitutional mandate, informed and concerned citizens including healthcare industry executives, will begin to have a rational discussion again. When the current Administration's agenda to take over 1/3rd of the U.S. economy is thwarted, sanity may come back in style.
The timing of the SCOTUS taking up, and deciding on this issue couldn't have been worse - with an election looming in Nov. Regardless of what the Court "decides", what is likely to ensue is a steady drone of ignorance-based and/or self-serving fear mongering dominated by mouth-pieces from both extremes. If you thought the so called 'healthcare debate' has been devolved into petty political circus thus far, just wait - it's about to get worse.