Undoing health law could have messy ripple effects

[dipsydoodle]

WASHINGTON (AP) -- It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama's health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of their workers.

But here's the catch: The parents' taxes would go up.

That's only one of the messy potential ripple effects when the Supreme Court delivers its verdict on the Affordable Care Act this month. The law affects most major components of the U.S. health care system in its effort to extend coverage to millions of uninsured people.

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Better Medicare prescription benefits, currently saving hundreds of dollars for older people with high drug costs, would be suspended. Ditto for preventive care with no co-payments, now available to retirees and working families alike.

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[SoutherDem]

1. I would prefer single payer but that said...

To me the way ACA is written it has to be all or nothing. To make part ok and part not will cause many issues.

I am just hoping it doesn't get over turned so we don't need to worry.

[EFerrari]

2. The rhetoric in this article is sort of confusing.

My retired mom has seen no discount in the cost of her medications (which she struggles to buy) and I can't get any kind of preventive care. Maybe these things kick in on 2014? The text reads as if they are in force now.