Bloomberg View: The Health-Reform Law Should Stand; Ireland Deserves a Break
Memo to SCOTUS: Don’t Strike Down Health Reform ● Why Ireland Deserves a Break
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If the Supreme Court finds that the individual mandate in the federal health-care law is unconstitutional, the court may also decide the rest of the law is so inextricably tied to it, everything must go. That would bring the nation back to square one on health-care reform.
Opponents of the law say it would be fine to turn back the clock and start from scratch. In fact, in our polarized political climate, a do-over is unimaginable. What’s more, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act contains many specific provisions that would be painful to lose.