Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Insurers 'terrified' of Supreme Court ruling on healthcare reform law

The Hill reports:
The insurance industry is terrified that the Supreme Court will strike down the individual mandate to buy insurance next year while leaving the rest of the healthcare reform law intact.

For insurers, the death of the mandate alone — one of many plausible outcomes in the blockbuster case — is the nightmare scenario, one Republican healthcare lobbyist told The Hill.