During final oral arguments, the court considered whether the entire law should be junked if the individual mandate -- the requirement that almost all Americans either buy health insurance or pay a penalty -- is judged unconstitutional. And conservatives on the court seemed to take seriously the complaint from 26 states that the government's plan to expand Medicaid violates basic tenets of federalism. |
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Sheila Samples is an Oklahoma writer and a former civilian US Army Public Information Officer. She is a Managing Editor for OpEd News, and a regular contributor for a variety of Internet sites.