health care law may constrict competition

Today brings the latest report from Politico regarding the concerns of states that chose to implement President Barack Obama’s health care law. The major concern: If the Supreme Court rules against the mandate alone, these states could be caught at a major competitive disadvantage. The expected response? Intense pressure from insurers to pass state-level individual mandates: A Supreme Court ruling striking down the federal mandate wouldn’t take away states’ power to enact one. The challenge…