However, the projected number of new enrollees — 15 million — will be much less than the projected 27 million newly insured Americans added to plans, should the individual mandate remain intact.
If the Supreme Court throws out the individual mandate but keeps the rest of the healthcare law, uninsured people could either join an expanded Medicaid program or receive government subsidies to help pay for private insurance. That would leave insurance companies having to insure everyone who applies, regardless of pre-existing conditions, which may drive up health insurance premiums.
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