Be careful SCOTUS. The Affordable Care Act is like Obi-wan Kenobi:
"If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine."
Why? Because if you can't devise a regulated, free market solution for a public good that comprises one-sixth of the American economy, the only available alternative becomes a Single-Payer "Medicare for All" plan.
Gail Collins of The New York Times agrees:
"It was basically a Republican idea to begin with, and look what happened. If this is thrown out in court, compromise will never get any traction again. Single payer! Single payer! Maybe you could have wooed me into the middle a few years ago, but no more. No more. Next time around we stop talking about complicated reforms and just go with Medicare for everybody."
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