What if the high court kills health reform law?
Ronald Bachman asked that question recently - what if? The question is not an idle one either, because of the 26-state challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act if it succeeds - then what?
If the court rules against the constitutionality of the health reform law, part or all of that law will immediately be null and void. Insurance markets will revert back to inadequate state laws that existed before the federal law was passed in 2010.
We know that under those laws, 1.8 million Georgians were uninsured, and fewer than 1 in 4 Georgians working in small businesses had coverage.
It is an interesting question - so the question is - what if it does succeed? How will Georgia's small businesses afford health insurance for its personnel?
Tue, January 31, 2012