The Supreme Court Upholds the PPACA’s Individual Mandate
By: Christine Locay, JD, RHIA, CPC
Vice President, Corporate Compliance Counsel

6/28/2012

Today, the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s health care reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act), in a 5-4 decision.  The direct issue before the Court was the constitutionality of the individual mandate which requires all Americans (with certain exceptions) to obtain health insurance by 2014 or to pay a penalty that would be phased in by 2016.  The Court held that the mandate was a proper use of Congress’ authority to tax.  After further review of the opinion and the statute, a detailed analysis of the major provisions of the Act and the implications for providers will be provided in a future client alert to be issued in the next few days.

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