Bloomberg Law
Feb. 20, 2019, 10:51 AM UTC

Justices Seen as Likely to Strike Down Obamacare Requirement

Sara Hansard
Sara Hansard
Reporter

The Supreme Court is almost certain to find Obamacare’s requirement that people have health insurance unconstitutional, but the rest of the law is likely to remain intact.

That is the argument being put forward by a conservative constitutional law professor about the federal court ruling that would overturn the Affordable Care Act if upheld.

The high court is likely to find the so-called individual mandate unconstitutional due to a provision in the 2017 tax reform law that reduced the penalty for not having health coverage to zero, Josh Blackman, an associate law professor at the South Texas College of Law ...

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