Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe SCOTUS can rule against the mandate BUT

[LynneSin]

5. Honestly that was the one thing that I was most challenged about with Obama's healthcare

Forcing people to buy health insurance. I felt it was a lame attempt to make up for not giving us single payer.

I just don't want them to strike down the pre-existing conditions or coverage until you're 27. Those two features alone have allowed more people to get insurance coverage. Especially that one for extended coverage for young adults. The job market is so tough out there that if we extend the benefits until a child turns 27 then it gives the kid almost 8 years to find a job with benefits.

I know when I had graduated college and off my parent's healthcare plan. My mother gave me so much crap about not having healthcare and to get myself covered that I gave up the chance at a state job in Pennsylvania to find a job that provided coverage. The good thing about that job was it got me out of the Harrisburg region and mother's house, something I knew I wanted to do. But had I just give the state job I had about 2-3 years I could have moved from a 'temporary full time' employee to a full time employee with benefits, and PA state jobs had great benefits back then. Not sure how my life would have changed if I had healthcare coverage until I was 27 - who knows? But I have nieces and nephews now out of high school and not in college - this part of Obama's health care plan is huge! It would be a shame for it to be pulled.