Supreme Court upholds health-care law, individual mandate

Robert Barnes and N.C. Aizenman, Thursday, June 28, 10:30 AM
The Washington Post

The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the individual health-insurance mandate that is at the heart of President Obama’s landmark health-care law, saying the mandate is permissible under Congress’s taxing authority.

The potentially game-changing, election-year decision -- a major victory for the White House less than five months before the November elections -- will help redefine the power of the national government and affect the health-care choices of millions of Americans.

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