If the Supreme Court ruled that some provisions, such as the individual mandate or Medicaid expansion, could not move forward, Fitch would “need to review those changes” to see if it could affect the credit profiles of some healthcare companies, but if the PPACA stands, Fitch will keep its current view that overall healthcare volume increases will be “somewhat offset by margin declines.”
The Supreme Court will begin hearing arguments next week Monday through Wednesday.
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