[Brad from Tennessee]

Roberts also ruled that the states can opt out of the Medicaid expansion portion of the law without penalty. ObamaCare would have withdrawn all Medicaid funding from states who did not expand their program. Expanded Medicaid, covering about 20 million new clients nationwide, would have been federally funded the first two years after which the states would fund most of it. Roberts said the government could not coerce the states by threatening to defund their existing Medicaid systems. This means in a state that opts out of expanded Medicaid—maybe as many as 26 states—the new clients who would have been covered are moved over to that state's insurance exchange program. Since these new clients can't afford insurance the cost of their policies will have to be subsidized by ObamaCare. This upsets the whole funding formula. People who live in states with expanded Medicaid will be footing the bill for people in states that have opted out of expanded Medicaid. This disparity would encourage more and more states to opt out and ObamaCare goes broke without a new funding source.

That's the Trojan Horse.

[Raycpa]

This disparity would encourage more and more states to opt out and ObamaCare goes broke without a new funding source.

And the new funding source would have to be federal money from where? Tax increases. Would congress be able to levy a tax increase to maintain the program? This combined with normal cost increases translates that congress is going to need to raise taxes on this baby sooner rather than later. Check and mate.

[Gilbo_3]

Roberts also ruled that the states can opt out of the Medicaid expansion portion of the law without penalty. ObamaCare would have withdrawn all Medicaid funding from states who did not expand their program. Expanded Medicaid, covering about 20 million new clients nationwide, would have been federally funded the first two years after which the states would fund most of it. Roberts said the government could not coerce the states by threatening to defund their existing Medicaid systems.

so essentially, 'states' have Rights that citizens no longer enjoy...

man ole roberts is an intellectually sound Constitutional conservative with his crafty and schizo interpretations of 'law'...