Healthcare

Obamacare Lives

In a 5-4 decision, the Affordable Care Act has been upheld with the majority opinion being conveyed by Chief Justice John Roberts.

The court ruled that Medicaid matching funds cannot be denied to states which refuse to expand Medicaid coverage, but expanded Medicaid coverage itself is constitutional.

The court also ruled that the individual mandate functions as a tax, and that congress has the authority to impose taxes.

You can read the entire ruling here.

More on this later.