[TheMercenary]

A pretty good assessment IMHO.

a snip:

I agree that this is, in fact, the likely outcome of repealing just the mandate--it certainly seems to be what has happened in New York, where they have the guaranteed issue and "community rating" rules without a mandate. (Though, of course, costs are also rising pretty briskly in Massachusetts, where they have all of the above plus a mandate, so use some caution in making predictions). But I don't think that the Supreme Court will ultimately strike down the mandate while leaving the rest intact. If the mandate goes, the Supreme Court will probably also invalidate the provisions that couldn't possibly have been enacted without a mandate. Such as, oh, community rating and guaranteed issue.

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...utional/67946/