Will the Supreme Court’s Decision on Obama’s Healthcare Plan be the End of Workers’ Compensation?

On September 28th, 2011, the Obama administration and 26 states filed appeals to a lower court ruling that struck down a provision of the Affordable Care Act (the Obama health care law) that required every American to have health insurance.

The Supreme Court is widely expected to rule on the appeal this fall, and its ruling may put the workers’ compensation system in jeopardy.

Dismantling the workers’ compensation system would make it much more difficult for the vast majority of workers with injuries to receive compensation. 

The workers’ compensation system is a mandatory insurance system which makes receiving compensation for a work-related injury simpler, faster and more certain than relying on the courts. Workers’ compensation makes it easier for all workers to get money for treatment of work-related injuries, since they don’t have to go to court to get it. It also limits the amount of money that the most seriously injured workers can receive.

If the Supreme Court decides that it is unconstitutional for the government to force all Americans to purchase health insurance, Continue reading »

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