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What's next for health care in America?

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Moment moments after the ruling a complex set of steps weird -- gear.

Affecting State's businesses hospitals and individuals.

Chief national correspondent Jim Angle looks at the question of what now.

The Republicans had hoped for a different outcome from the court many of them expressed the same view about the ruling they got the court makes a decision about whether.

This law's constitutional.

But doesn't mean that though the law is wise it doesn't mean that the -- is good for the country Americans want us to start over.

And today's decision does nothing -- -- It back majority leader cantor has scheduled a fresh vote on July 11 to repeal the law Republicans also noted the court's ruling the health care law is only constitutional because it's -- tax.

It is the largest tax in America's history.

We also know that CBO is estimated that up to twenty million Americans will lose their employer health insurance.

Democrats of course took the decision as vindication and touted it as a victory for American families.

Children can no longer be denied coverage due to preexisting conditions.

Young people children and students and young people can stay on their parents.

Policy until -- 26 years old.

The senate majority leader also -- the decision even as he suggested some changes are needed.

We know that.

When we come back here after the elections or maybe some things we need to do to improve flaw and we'll do that working together.

Small business who is particularly concerned and called the added cost to the new law any enormous -- wet blanket for small employers.

They added cost he added and certainly new taxes new regulations is gonna cause small businesses to.

Stand on the sidelines.

Be less likely to hire less likely to grow.

The court did not exempt one part of the law and Obama planned to force the states to expand Medicaid by some fifteen million people the Supreme Court said.

You can't coerce the states and cooperating with that Medicaid expansion.

Maybe they don't actually move forward some of these expansions without the ability to force the states they can push -- poor into the taxpayer subsidized exchanges.

If they expand Medicaid they have to pay 10% of the costs.

If they don't.

Costs them nothing and every one of those people is eligible for the exchanges so.

They don't remain uninsured they go over -- exchanges and the federal taxpayer picks up the cost hospitals on the other hand come out better.

Very very -- stayed in the uninsured.

Some of our hospitals have 2030% uninsured and this is going to remedy that situation some doctors and analysts though fear increasing government control over health care at the end of the day yes that we're -- we thought we -- -- socialized medicine system now.

It's just going to be more control.

Republicans are more determined than ever to repeal the original law -- -- mandate but also to replace the more popular reforms such -- coverage of preexisting conditions.

Many are hoping this issue will galvanize Republican voters the way it did in 2002 that.

-- Jim thank you.

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