Supreme Court To Rule On ‘Obamacare’ Tomorrow

THIS WEEK — The Supreme Court of the United States should be ruling on four separate issues:n

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1. If the court should even consider the case in the first place, there is a possibility the justices will rule the constitutionality of the law cannot be challenged until individuals are actually subjected to the individual mandate in 2014.

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2. If the law’s individual mandate, which requires most adults to either buy insurance or pay a fee that would reach $695 by 2016, is constitutional

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3. If a directive requiring states to expand Medicaid coverage, at risk of losing federal grants, is constitutional.

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4. If the court eliminates the individual mandate, the justices must decide if it can be separated from the law or if the entirely of the legislation goes down with it.

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nThe Supreme Court will announce its decision on Thursday, June 28, 2012.nnSource: www.examiner.com; David Phillips, June 25, 2012.