Roberts Makes Key Factual Mistake At The Start Of His ObamaCare Decision

Train Wreck: From the tone of his Obama-Care opinion, Chief Justice Roberts seems to believe he's spared a law that's working just fine. Wrong. With or without the court's help, ObamaCare is in desperate shape.

On the very first page of Robert's King v. Burwell opinion is a glaring mistake about ObamaCare. The chief justice explains how states that tried ObamaCare-like market changes — called "guaranteed issue" and "community rating" — saw their insurance markets caught in a death spiral as young and healthy dropped coverage and premiums shot up.

Roberts then claims that in 2006 "Massachusetts discovered a way to make the guaranteed issue and community rating requirements work" by adding an individual mandate and premium subsidies.

Since ObamaCare is modeled on Massachusetts law, ipso facto ObamaCare must also be working. And so the court had an overriding reason to protect it, even if it meant twisting the law into pretzels.

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Before Roberts wrote those opening lines, he should have taken a look at what's happening in Massachusetts right now. Had he done so, he'd have seen that even if that state's 2006 legislation worked, ObamaCare clearly hasn't.

Next year, enrollees in Massachusetts face premium hikes that could be as high as 21%. This, mind you, in a state that already had among the highest premiums in the nation and was in no danger of losing ObamaCare subsidies no matter how the court ruled.

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