re: #117 austin_blue

First off {{{justaminute}}}.

I’ll take an Islay single-malt.

Second off, congratulations. My only worry is that the Supremes will agree with the Judge in Florida who ruled that mandatory insurance is unconstitutional and that the entire health care bill is null and void because of it.

If so, you are *so* screwed. Mandatory coverage allows insurance companies to spread the risks (and costs) over a much larger group that will bring their costs down. It’s why they signed on in the first place. Actuarial tables speak truth to politicians. Unfortunately, we’ve got a whole bunch of bought and paid politicians.

The question now is what the Supreme Court rules the Constitution to be. Actually, it comes down to Chief Justice Roberts and Justice Kennedy. I can’t imagine Justices Sotomayor, Ginsburg, Kagan and Breyer voting to oveturn Obamacare, not can I imagine Justice Scalia, Alito, and Thomas finding it constitutional.