Will the SCOTUS ruling on the health car law have any effect?

[chrisinhouston]

Wow! The SCOTUS has spoken and it is a complex ruling. And for the second time this week, Chief Justice Roberts sides with the more liberal members of the court.

I personally think the mandate was not necessary and if it had been excluded much of the case against the law would have not happened. Instead of a mandate they should have just handled like the Medicare drug plan program where people could only opt in at one time of the year and if they put it off the price would go up each year.

Also, while it is not likely to change, the whole model for American health care being a part of your job benefits is a bad and outdated model. It dates back to an era when people held a job with the same company for many years, fewer people were self employed and unions had an extremely powerful pressense.