The U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling last week to uphold most of the Obama administration’s health care law lets general counsel across the country — those working at health care companies and beyond — exhale a sigh of relief. But then it’s time to dive right back into a whole new set of questions.

“The industry will take a collective breath when the decision comes out, and then we’ll all be wondering what will happen next: what will be up in Congress, how the president will react, if the states will address the loose ends,” said Julie Barnes, director of health policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center and former counsel in Crowell & Moring’s health care practice group. “I don’t think health care lawyers can ever truly be at rest,” she added. “That’s just the nature of the beast.”

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