U.S. Supreme Court Will Hear Arguments on PPACA in March
Today the Supreme Court of the United States agreed to hear arguments on whether or not the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which require all individuals to obtain health insurance coverage by 2014, are constitutional.
The Supreme Court granted certiorari in three separate federal cases, each challenging the law's constitutionality. The Court will hold two hours of oral argument on the "individual mandate," which requires the purchase of health insurance by 2014; 90 minutes on whether the "individual mandate" requirement can be severed from the rest of the Act; one hour on whether the Anti-Injunction Act applies (the Anti-Injunction Act generally provides that an individual cannot challenge a tax until they have to pay it); and one hour on the constitutionality of expanding the Medicaid program. It is not clear if all of the cases will be heard on a single day.
