Breaking: Supreme Court upholds GOP concept of individual mandate in Obama ‘health care’ law –The concept of individual mandate – originating with the GOP and implemented by Governor Mitt Romney in Massachusetts and Barack Obama nationally – has been upheld by the Supreme Court. The vote was 5-4. 28 Jun 2012 Supreme Court upholds centerpiece of Obama healthcare law 28 Jun 2012 A sharply divided Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare overhaul law that requires that most Americans get insurance by 2014 or pay a financial penalty. “The Affordable Care Act’s requirement that certain individuals pay a financial penalty for not obtaining health insurance may reasonably be characterized as a tax,” Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the court’s majority in the opinion. “Because the Constitution permits such a tax, it is not our role to forbid it, or to pass upon its wisdom or fairness,” he concluded.
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