Right here in Ingham County, a lot is riding on the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act.
We took a closer look at why some business is on hold until a verdict is reached.
About 30 thousand; that's how many people in Ingham County are uninsured and some say it could get worse.
Robin Reynolds, Executive Director of the Ingham Health Plan: "If the Supreme Court turns down the mandate, then it means that there will be more people that are uninsured than we even have estimated."
Reynolds says the program is running out of money.
Reynolds: "We don't have enough funds to move forward to continue to cover the members that we cover."
That's why the IHP is asking county commissioners to put a millage request on the November ballot.
Reynolds: "With the millage and with the affordable care act we could have realistically 100 percent coverage for our citizens."
But it's waiting on the Supreme Court's decision on the Affordable Care Act that has commissioners in limbo.
Andy Schor, Ingham County Commissioner: "The Ingham Health Plan asked us to put it on the ballot one way or the other cause there's a need and they'll figure out what that need is after -- I'm not ready to do that."
Commissioner Schor says that's because, depending on the decision, the money will be used very differently.
Schor: "If the supreme court strikes down the law, then we're looking at trying to fund a program without support coming from the feds. If the Supreme Court upholds the law, then we're looking at filling the gaps between what the federal government pays for and what insurance covers."
But as commissioners wait for the Supreme Court's decision, the Ingham Health Plan says regardless of the outcome about 11 thousand people in Ingham County will still be uninsured, without a millage.
County commissioners have until mid-August to decide whether or not to put the millage on the November ballot.
