HealthCare in USA: "Supreme" Moment!

Next week Supreme Court of America would give ruling on one of the most awaited ruling in over 50 years. Would it strike out health care law in its entirety or would it hold it? Would individual mandate go but everything would remain? One way or other, this ruling would impact each and every American one way or other. Health care law is considered as one of the main policy initiative and could have as big impact as previous two initiatives - Social Security (passed in 1930s) and Medicare (passed in 1960s). So next week would not be only very important for President Obama for his re-election but most importantly for his legacy, it is also important for each and every American. With so much burden and expectations, here is I think Supreme Court ruling would come out:

• Would upheld most of the provisions in this law. Some of the important ones are like covering kids till age 26 on parents coverage and many others
• However it would strike down "individual mandate" on basis of constitutionality. With that, there would be lot of debates and discussions but no future President would ever try to go this route again for another 20-30 years

With such mixed ruling, both parties would declare victory but President Obama would not be very happy since this was supposed to be his legacy. Having said that, there are enough other policy aspects on which President Obama can run his campaign and still win the election (provided economy does not enter into recession thanks to European mess)


I would be heading out to India for my summer vacation.
Wish all of you exciting summer!

/Shyam