Five ways the healthcare system will change if the ACA is struck down

On Friday, Judge Reed O'Connor, a United States District Court judge in Texas, issued his ruling in the lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act brought by a number of Republican attorneys general. In the sweeping decision, issued the night before the final day of this year's open enrollment period, O'Connor ruled that, due to the GOP's repeal of the tax penalty associated with the individual mandate in 2017, the entire law is unconstitutional and should be struck down.