they would strip that provision out but that does a lot to make it not work doesn’t it

No, only that provisions would be gone.

It isn’t unconstitutional, but that’s not really the question.

Most laws (and most contracts) contain language stating that if any provision is deemed unconstitutional, it would not affect the other provisions. That language is routinely upheld. I believe such language is in the health care law and even if it weren’t, that language is part of how laws are generally interpreted, they just put it in to be safe.

Of course without the individual mandate, the insurance industry will collapse under massive fraud, since they will still be forced cover pre-existing conditions. That would force the government to create a public option. Silly that the Republicans would be pushing something like that. They wouldn’t, of course, if they though the individual mandates would actually be thrown out. They are just using it as a political tool to gain brownie points by opposing them. They don’t actually want the individual mandates to go.

I wouldn’t put anything past this court – that ruled the Constitution gives human rights to corporations.

So if they do – we can enjoy more years of increasing insurance costs and decreasing benefits and health care costs so high that nobody can afford health care eventually.

The health Care Bill is only budget-neutral if we stop having the cost of the uninsured added to our bills. So this ruling would invalidate the only part of the bill that helps costs. The rest of the bill will still be valid and so the national debt will increase.

When, not if they rule it unconstitutional, they will kill the whole thing in my opinion