If ObamaCare is Struck Down, What Will Happen at the State Level?

[insurehound]

Living in California, I wonder what our State will do if ObamaCare is struck down. Will California continue down the path of a mandate like Mass? What about other States?

 

[Winter_123]

Living in California, I wonder what our State will do if ObamaCare is struck down. Will California continue down the path of a mandate like Mass? What about other States?

The libs are not happy about Obama's half-arsed program either. They bit the bullet and supported it when someone told them that half a loaf was better than none but now they may be getting none.

Point is, expect the conservatives to have a field day with this but it would not surprise me a bit to see a resurgence of chatter about single payer universal health to pick up speed again among the libs. California would be prime turf for that too.

What a mess. Honest to God. Complete waste of time and then when you calculate in the national energy that went to this while the focus should have been on the economy.

What a mess.

 

[insurehound]

I have the fear that even if it is struck down, Carzy California will move ahead with it. But where's the money going to come from???

 

[somarco]

But where's the money going to come from???

Establish a line of credit with the Chinese, or ask for a federal bailout.

 

[Ann H]

Most likely, the nation will pause (in shock) and wait for Congress to act or a new election to move us in a particular direction. If a new national reform isn't on the horizon, I expect states to enact reform of their own. I live in AZ, where "dragging our feet" on every PPACA issue, including exchanges, has been the plan. However, I even expect our state to eventually enact reform if it's not done on a national level. For those in CA or other liberal states, it's clear that exchanges that are not broker friendly, and other forms of reform are on the horizon.

 

[somarco]

AZ meet MA.

MA meet NY

NY meet ME

Definition of insanity. Doing the same thing over and over but expecting different results.

 

[ABC]

I live in a conservative state so it will be business as usual.

My life will change as I will not have to worry on a daily basis about my career path.

 

[stuy119]

I live in a liberal state, where I can go back to worrying WHEN the market will change, not if. But at least I know it won't be 1/1/14.

 

[Ann H]

AZ meet MA.

MA meet NY

NY meet ME

USA meet Greece................

 

[CHUMPS FROM OXFORD]

I live in a state where 10 apps per week gets you to the poverty level. 20 is what's needed to make a decent living.