"A Supreme Court decision that goes against Obamacare would lead to a train wreck with almost unimaginable consequences. And Republicans likely would get much of the blame."

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COMMENT:  Since Obamacare went into effect, we pay less for insurance and have better coverage. Now, I know the law has faults. If Republicans were at all interested in acting in the best interests fo the American people, they'd be trying to fix the law, not wreck it.  What I've seen so far is not one substantive suggestion to fix the ACA's flaws. All the right has offered is endless and empty-headed rhetoric.  Keep it up, children. You are making 2016 look bluer and bluer every day!
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Obamacare opponents should be careful what they wish for
By Wendell Potter, March 2, 2015

“Obamacare is a train wreck, and that’s actually not fair to train wrecks.”

So said Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) at last week’s Conservative Political Action Conference in Maryland. It was a line that drew both applause and laughs, as you would expect from a gathering of folks who view the Affordable Care Act as an abomination.

Chances are that Cruz and his CPAC fans are hoping the Supreme Court will do what Congress has so far been unable to do, when the justices rule in a few months on King v. Burwell. That’s the lawsuit to be argued at the high court this week —the one arguing that the subsidies millions of people are getting in 34 states to help cover the cost of their health insurance are illegal. Cruz and others who despise Obamacare are hoping that if the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs, what they consider a scourge on the nation will soon be eradicated.

But if there ever was a reason to cite the maxim, “be careful what you wish for,” it’s about this lawsuit. A Supreme Court decision that goes against Obamacare would lead to a train wreck with almost unimaginable consequences. And Republicans likely would get much of the blame.

Anyone who thinks such an outcome would usher in an era of a better functioning health insurance marketplace should read the amicus brief submitted by America’s Health Insurance Plans, the industry’s largest trade group.

AHIP’s brief supports the government, not the plaintiffs. It paints a picture not of a new heaven on earth if the Supreme Court decides against the government, but of a health insurance apocalypse. Not everywhere, though, ironically. The marketplace meltdown would occur only in those 34 states, led primarily by Republican governors, like in Texas, that defaulted to the federal government to operate their health insurance exchanges.

There’s more to this story. Click here to read the rest at the Center for Public Integrity.
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