A Supreme Court ruling in favor of a challenge to the legality of the law’s implementation would create the perfect storm for opening a dialogue on reform that should have happened in 2009.
It could be seismic in its implications with both parties finally having a framework through which they could work with one another.
Democrats could finally fix mistakes such as jamming a partisan bill down the throats of Americans with virtually no debate. Republicans would have a window in which to negotiate injecting marketplace dynamics back into health care.
Members of all stripes can support bipartisan legislation that provides certainty as to the role of the federal government in U.S. health care for the foreseeable future.
A consensus reform bill would attract enough Republican and Democratic votes to pass, and that the president can sign into law.
Nobody will get everything that they want, but that’s how politics work in the real world.
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