U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Says Federal Health Care Mandate Is Constitutional

Lawyers USAMarch 02, 2011

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The individual mandate in the new federal health care reform law is constitutional, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia has ruled in granting a dismissal.

President Barack Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act into law in 2010. Section 1501 of the Act, known as the Minimum Essential Coverage Provision, imposes a tax penalty on those who fail to purchase a minimum level of health insurance beginning in 2014.

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U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia Says Federal Health Care Mandate Is Constitutional

In this case, five individual plaintiffs sued the federal govern...

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