It’s still going to come down to the Supreme Court

Aaron Carroll

January 31, 2011

What I said last time still holds: Chill.

Evidently, Judge Vinson ruled PPACA unconstitutional. He specifically cited the lack of a severability clause. I’m not a lawyer, but I still stand behind the following:

This will come down to the Supreme Court. Every other decision is just prelude.
The lack of a severability clause is not a death knell for legislation that has parts ruled unconstitutional.
There are many ways to fix PPACA without a mandate.

This was all true back at the last big court decision, too. Not that I expect anyone in the media to remember.

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Aaron Carroll

Aaron E. Carroll, MD, MS is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist and tweets at @aaronecarroll. He is the Chief Health Officer at Indiana University. He is also a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Associate Dean for Research Mentoring at the Indiana University School of Medicine. In addition to contributing regularly to The New York Times and the Atlantic, he is the author of four books, most recently The Bad Food Bible.

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