The Supreme Court has upheld the individual mandate in Obamacare as a "tax'! The Court did strike down the expanded Medicaid portion of the law but found it to be severable from the rest of the law.
The decision did significantly restrict one major portion of the law: the expansion of Medicaid, the government health insurance program for low-income and sick people. The ruling give states some flexibility not to expand their Medicaid programs, without paying the same financial penalties the law for.
While I disagree with the opinion, I believe in the rule of law and until and unless a new Congress repeals the Act it is the law of the land! There now appears to be no limit on the power of the federal government!
Chief Justice Roberts wrote the opinion and stated:
'It is not our role to forbid it, or pass upon its wisdom or fairness'...
'Congress had the power to impose the exaction in Section 5000A under the taxing power, and that Section 5000A need not be read to do more than impose a tax. This is sufficient to sustain it. '
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