If the Supreme Court does overturn healthcare reform, Democrats and liberals might as well close the book on efforts to ever get universal healthcare. The reason is that Republicans have drawn themselves a near lock on control of the House and Democrats are not likely to get 60 Senate seats again anytime soon. Think a Republican Congress is ever going to pass universal healthcare? Forget about it. This is do or die for Democrats.
This. The reason why the bill's constitutionality is being questioned is because of the individual mandate. The court can strike it down, but I don't see how this would prevent Democrats from passing NHC in the future, especially if they propose something that doesn't include an individual mandate.
What will prevent Democrats from passing healthcare in the future is clever REpublican gerrymandering. Unitil Democrats can break up GOP gerrymanders in the big states, there chances of getting a House majority, let alone one big enough to pass universal healthcare are slim to none. Obama and the DNC royally screwed the Democrats in 2010 when they refused to focus on state legislative races. 2010 really was do or die for Democrats.
