The Supreme Court's approval of Obamacare's constitutionality will not change U.S. healthcare overnight.It just means the provisions already in place are more secure,and that the major overhaul of the system slated for January,2014 will proceed as scheduled,barring the unlikely event of repeal by Congress.A certain momentum tends to build up behind safety net programs as more and more citizens benefit from them.Untold millions of Americans will enter the health care system for the first time-a system which reportedly lacks enough primary care physicians to accomodate them.
Americans who have insurance now,but haven't entered the system themselves yet,would be well-advised to do so,while there are still openings for new patients at their local family practices.Many of them could fill up quickly once the Affordable Care Act is fully implemented in 2014.This is an opportunity for these undoctored insured to begin taking care of themselves and the health care system itself,which will still face rising costs in the decades ahead.
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