Jennifer Kraft Quoted in Benefits Pro
"Striking individual mandate poses potential employer challenges"

Seyfarth Shaw Partner Jennifer Kraft was quoted extensively on March 30 in a Benefits Pro article on the potential ramifications to employers if the Supreme Court strikes down the invidual mandate in the Affordable Care Act.

If the court leaves most of the law intact but strikes down the individual mandate, employers could be in a position where they still have to implement the rest of the law, which could prove challenging because the mandate would have the effect of lowering overall health care costs.

“If that’s the case, I think that would be more of a challenge for employers because they would find themselves still in the position of having to implement all their health care reform changes, which drive up the cost of health care, but they wouldn’t have the offsetting impact of the individual mandate,” Jennifer says.