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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
High Court Rejects Challenge To The Health Law's Individual Mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to take up another broad challenge to President Barack Obama's signature health care law. The court rejected an appeal filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Alliance for Natural Health USA. The groups had challenged various aspects of the law known as Obamacare including the so-called individual mandate that requires people to obtain health insurance or pay a tax.(1/12)
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a 2-year-old legal challenge to a central provision of Obamacare from a conservative doctors group. The case, which was led by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons, sought to strike down the law’s individual mandate, which fines individuals who fail to purchase health insurance. (Ferris, 1/12)
