3 Factors Comprising the Achilles Heel of the PPACA

In a Physicians Practice article, James Doulgeris manages the healthcare consultancy division at HCP Associates, a research and marketing firm, discusses the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the law’s Achilles Heel.

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Obamacare’s Achilles Heel is comprised of three factors that the federal government does not have the constitutional power to regulate. They are:

 

1. It cannot force physicians and other providers to participate.
2. It cannot force people to participate by buying insurance.
3. It cannot trump states’ rights.

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