> I don't know. Doesn't sound like a very big obstacle to me
A lot of things are one law amendment away from happening and they aren’t happening. This could well become another mask mandate, which while being reasonable in itself, rubs people wrong way just enough to become a sacred issue.
I think you're right, and the source of the change of legislation may well be related to Medicare and Medicaid cost cutting. After all, it's difficult to see the federal government.
Very few things the general public wants stays just one law amendment away for long. And almost all of those things are for the benefit of powerful people.