[Mechanicos]

As others have suggested the Individual Mandate was always a throwaway to get the heavy taxes inside the bill enacted. The goal here is to keep the rest of the Bill alive even though there is no sever ability clause in it.

[Tublecane]

“As others have suggested the Individual Mandate was always a throwaway to get the heavy taxes inside the bill enacted”

That is absolutely wrong. The mandate was necessary for preexisting condition coverage, which was Obamacare’s biggest selling point. Well, that and pipe dream of cutting costs, but who believed that whopper, really? I mean, aside from those of u expecting it to come through rationing, á la death panels.

I’m not saying they won’t take the remainder of the bill if they can get it. However, the mandate is the card table upon which the Obamacare house of cards rests. It was the crucial next step on the road to socialization. Without it, we will be going ‘round and ‘round the same rutt we’ve been in since ‘94.

[Tublecane]

rutt = rut

[redgolum]

And that is my concern. Remove the mandate, and if everything else stands, we will have NO health insurance in two years.

That may be the worst of the outcomes. Because the Fedgov will then step in and set up socialized medicine to fix the crisis.

[kabar]

As others have suggested the Individual Mandate was always a throwaway to get the heavy taxes inside the bill enacted.

That's insane. Without the individual mandate, Obamacare collapses like a house of cards. It becomes financially unsustainable. It is the linchpin of the entire bill.