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    South Carolina attorney general speaks out

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-- -- to sift through the supreme court's decision just announced this morning on the president's health care law.

Justices voting five to four to uphold the individual mandate.

Which has been the focus of most of the debate but the states also have a lot at stake here with new requirements looming on Medicaid.

What does this mean for state budgets and for those on Medicaid.

South Carolina attorney general Alan Wilson served on the executive committee of the case he was in the supreme court for all three days of oral arguments back in March.

You have been quoted as saying this decision is catastrophic for states like South Carolina what do you mean.

Well this is actually catastrophic Guinness a hollow victory to say that you know we won on the Medicaid.

Part of the argument would base what's happening is is the Cortes said that states cannot be held hostage with.

Old money.

About the -- keeping all money that having new requirements.

What's gonna happen is is that we're gonna get these new requirements impose on the states to provide coverage for new Medicaid recipients roles are gonna swell.

What -- the states going to do refuse to new money.

So we're basically.

We're joined the hip with this in the state Medicaid rules are going to swell to -- -- -- states are going to be stuck with the bill.

And that's gonna be passed on to the people of South Carolina and and all of the other states.

We're very very concerned about this and unfortunately.

The administration.

Got a victory today.

But unfortunately for the country it's a defeat.

When the Supreme Court called the mandate attacks.

They basically.

Did with a legislative branch should have done they originated attacks in the third branch of government.

Not a legislative branch of government and and that's what Justice Kennedy said in his decision and that's something that I have a great concern with.

Right there's the dissenters said that this is a judicially imposed -- tax in effect even though the president and the congress -- wanna call of that let's get back to this.

It -- to Medicaid.

You're going to see Medicaid rolls swelling in South Carolina and in other states as a result of this ruling how much is that going Custer state and and does that bring tax increases of its -- Well absolutely and you know it's not just the Medicaid expansion it's it's the losses -- -- everywhere else in the -- what people are talking about when you look at for instance.

People who are in their sixties.

Right now if you look at the age -- All of what how much a premium of 62 year old can pay it's not going to be more than.

Six times what a healthy twenty year old pace this -- cap set at three times what it's healthy twenty year old pages so you have.

Senior citizen Americans paying three times less in premiums as to what younger.

Americans are paying -- is gonna make up that difference younger Americans premiums are gonna rise.

But they're not gonna pay those premiums because they can now pay a lower tax.

-- so they're gonna refuse not to get health insurance but they're gonna default to a lower tax so they're gonna pay a lower tax until they get sick.

And then they're gonna go they're gonna get a 6000 dollar year policy.

To cover a preexisting condition that's gonna cost a 100000 dollars in daycare for so which -- basically doing is you're lowering the pool of money.

That we can spread around to find people's health care and that's going to be very dangerous for young Americans it sounds like a paperwork nightmare.

-- it absolutely is general Wilson from South Carolina thanks for being with us thank you.

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