Politics & Government
Supreme Court Upholds Obama Health Care Law's Individual Mandate
The decision rejects arguments Congress went too far by requiring all Americans to have a health insurance policy.
The U.S. Supreme Court has backed the individual mandate of Obama's signature health care law, according to the AP.
The court handed down the 5-4 decision Thursday morning. The court "upheld the mandate as a tax, although concluded it was not valid as an exercise of Congress' commerce clause power," according to the Huffington Post.
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