Health care reform can’t be stopped by the Supreme Court.
Next week the high court will hear arguments on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act passed two years ago. Ultimately, the justices could overturn all or parts of the law. The Republican presidential contenders have vowed to repeal the law if they win the White House.
Yet, as “death to Obamacare” gets the headlines and the fate of the nation’s uninsured and most vulnerable hangs in the balance, the controversial law has already transformed the health care industry — and left most health care companies more profitable to boot. Health insurance companies, hospitals and the rest of the health care system already have made deep changes to the way they operate: adding new consumer protections to health plans, altering the way medical providers get paid and beginning to work closer together to improve health and save money. Experts say the push by President Barack Obama’s health care reform has created an unstoppable momentum.
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