Well, once again, we the people have lost.

[MadHound]

330. If it's going to be such a death knell for the insurance industry,

Why were they, and the Chamber of Commerce, in favor of the mandate?
"Later in the program, Chavern stressed that while the organization is looking to lower the penalties on employers who don’t offer coverage, it supports the individual mandate, a position shared by the health insurance industry, which the Chamber represents."
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2011/01/11/171870/chamber-repeal/

I also disagree that if the ACA dies then it will be another decade or more. I think that if the ACA had gone down, that would have led to a major political win for the Dems in the fall, and a massive surge for true single payer.

As it stands, I think that the ACA is now going to be picked apart, and its already weak price controls will be further weakened, and single payer now stands at least a generation off. Meanwhile, we're going to be saddled with ever increasing insurance premiums with no relief in sight.