Though opponents of President Obama’s healthcare law were once again let down by the Supreme Court on Thursday, the legal challenge to the law’s federal exchange subsidies still had at least one positive consequence — it got Republicans talking about healthcare alternatives.

In the lead-up to the decision, there was a flood of different ideas from Republicans on healthcare policy. Some on the Left dismissed this flurry of activity as a cynical attempt to convince the justices that Congress would avert chaos if they struck down the subsidies, and in the coming months, Republicans will show whether the cynics were right.