US Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Health Care Act

[kandrathe]

It's funny when you look at the history of medical insurance in the United States. It's a fairly recent development having employers provide this, and over the years employers have enjoyed having the extra leverage over their employees that group medical insurance provides. You have to work, because that insurance just costs too damn much on a single policy.

I'll be waiting to see what effect "Obamacare" has on this. If it becomes more viable to purchase medical insurance as an individual due to the exchanges that will be set up, will employer health care plans start to disappear? Individuals would have more freedom and wouldn't be tied to whatever plan their employer decides to choose, which you're currently stuck with.

Time will tell.

Good point. It might actually be a boon for the self employed, entrepreneurs and small business who don't have huge groups to keep costs low.