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In response to
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Strongbad
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Here's the best summary I've found
Posted by
Strongbad (aka Rambler14)
Jun 28 '12, 05:29
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* Case 11-393 is National Federal of Independent Business v. Sebelius - this case raises the issue of whether the entire law must be thrown out if the individual mandate is found to be unconstitutional.
* Case 11-398 is U.S. Department of Health and Human Services v. Florida - this is the basic case on whether Congress exceeded its powers by enacting the individual mandate which would force all Americans to purchase health insurance, and whether this case can even be brought at this point in time before the tax penalty for not buying insurance has been levied.
* Case 11-400 is Florida v. Department of Health and Human Services - this is Florida's challenge to provisions of the Obama health law that forces states to make health care changes in order to keep federal dollars for the Medicaid program.
So, maybe you can put together a flow of decisions like this:
1) Can the individual mandate be challenged before 2014?
2) If the answer is yes, is the individual mandate constitutional?
3) If the individual mandate is not constitutional, should the whole law be invalidated?
4) If the answer is that parts of the health law can survive, which ones?
5) And if some portions of the Obama health law survive, are the Medicaid provisions constitutional?
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