Wednesday, November 9, 2011

Health Care Law Upheld By Appeals Court

The Obama administration’s health care law is constitutional, a panel of federal appellate judges ruled yesterday. In a 2-1 opinion, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia dismissed a Christian legal group’s lawsuit alleging the health care law’s requirement that all Americans have health insurance is unconstitutional and violates religious freedom. The mandatory insurance requirement has been the subject of a number of lawsuits and some judges have upheld it while others have ruled unconstitutional. The U.S. Supreme Court will likely have the final say. The high court is expected to decide soon whether it will accept appeals from some of the earlier rulings.