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Supreme Court Upholds ACA Legality -- What Does It Mean for Urology Practices?

Published on Sun Jul 15, 2012

Review the opinions of these top-in-the-field urology professionals on how ACA will affect the industry. On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court announced its decision to uphold the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). In that decision, the Supreme Court also ruled that the requirement that all individuals have health care coverage or face a penalty was a tax, rather than a penalty, and therefore allowable under the Federal taxing authority. So what does the upholding of the ACA mean for the future of your urology practice? Here's what a few urology and other healthcare experts have to say on how this will affect practices:"Since the U.S. has never had a healthcare law that mandates everyone must have health insurance, I believe it is difficult to know or predict the effects it will have on providers and their practices. It is anyone's best guess [...]
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