Sometime
this month the U.S. Supreme Court will rule on how constitutional the
Affordable Care Act really is. And
while there are many people who are deeply hoping that the ruling will go one
way or another, it is health insurance companies who are waiting most
impatiently.
“I'm
less concerned about how they rule and more concerned about when we can actually
get at fixing this," said Mark Bertolini, chairman, president and CEO of
Aetna, the nation’s third largest health insurer.
Aetna,
at least, thinks that it’s a great idea to require more people to have
insurance, although they fear that the current penalty for not having insurance
is a bit too small. There are other
reasons they wouldn’t necessarily mind if the Act goes through.
"Our
organization has taken the view that when someone takes a $2.5 trillion
industry and throws another trillion dollars into the bag, shakes it up, throws
it on the table, and says 'Who wants it?' that's the time to get
creative," Bertolini said in an interview in reference to the federal
government’s contribution to the 30 million or so people expected to gain
coverage.
Either
way, however, everything is on hold until the court rules.
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