Now that the Supreme Court has agreed to rule on the Affordable Care Act, all industry observers will be waiting on that outcome.  There will be much prognostication about will they or won't they and what happens if they do or if they don't.  This will truly have landmark impacts.

As you prepare to settle in to your virtual recliner for a season of court watching (and shouldn't we have some of those ESPN guys provide the play-by-play analysis, replete with cool graphics, instant replay, and endless factoids about Justice Roberts scrolling at the bottom of the screen?), this NY Times article provides a good summary of the changes likely to come and remain, regardless of how the Gang of Nine votes.  It is a good read.