SCOTUS won't strike down the ACA.

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10. The individual mandate was a gift to insurance companies.

Without it they will argue the pre-existing condition protection violates their contract rights. If you can just get insurance without any penalty or added cost AFTER you get cancer that would cause rates to rise and then more healthy people drop out which pushes rates higher so more healthy people drop out because you know you can always get insurance after the fact.

The Republicans know the exchange plans baring huge government subsidies will eventually fail without the individual mandate.

We should have just gone for single payer or at least a public option. Damn you liberman.