Thursday, June 28, 2012

SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS THE INDIVIDUAL MANDATE

At approximately 10:00 today, in a vote of 5-4 Chief Justice Roberts, siding with the liberal Justices, read that the Individual Mandate under the Affordable Care Act (Health Reform) is constitutional not as interstate commerce but as a tax.  In other words the government can't force individuals to purchase health care but they can impose a tax penalty if they don't.  


For people in favor of the law, this is an obvious win in their direction.  However, people not in favor of the law, the President, or continued government over-reach could see this as helpful for Romney's presidential bid in November.