A new report says repealing the federal health care law will cost Michigan consumers and small businesses a lot of money.

PIRGIM, the consumer advocacy group that issued the report, says individuals could see their premiums go up by 20% by 2016 if the repeal goes through. The repeal would also increase the cost of offering employer-based health insurance over the long term by more than $3,000 a year.

Meghan Hess is with PIRGIM. She says rolling back the law “would also terminate the establishment or expansion of over 184 community health centers across the state, and these community health centers help fill gaps in access to care, giving more people the ability to seek preventive care instead of going to the emergency room.”

Attorneys General in Michigan and at least twenty other states have filed a lawsuit challenging the health care law.

The U.S. House of Representatives has postponed a vote on repealing the health care law in the aftermath of the Arizona shooting.

An article in the Christian Science Monitor looks at why the Congressional Budget Office, which originally said the health care law would save $143 billion dollars over 10 years, now says repealing health care reform will cost $230 billion over 10 years.