The Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care law (Obamacare) today, giving Obama a huge victory in a major election year. The highly controversial individual mandate, which requirements that most Americans buy health insurance or pay a fine was deemed as constitutional as a tax and will also be upheld.
The announcement will have a major impact on the nation’s health care system, the actions of both federal and state governments, and the course of the November presidential and congressional elections.