The Supreme Court healthcare opinion: The individual mandate survives as a tax. You can read the full opinion here. [View news story]
No one seems to have qualms about requiring that drivers have auto insurance. This act does not even force anyone to have health insurance. It exerts a reasonable pressure since people who do not have health insurance impact health case costs for all of us. In the words of the Supreme Court on this ruling, "The payment is not so high that there is really no choice but to buy healthinsurance; the payment is not limited to willful violations, as penalties for unlawful acts often are; and the payment is collected solely by the IRS through the normal means of taxation."
The Supreme Court healthcare opinion: The individual mandate survives as a tax. You can read the full opinion here. [View news story]
In the words of the Supreme Court on this ruling, "The payment is not so high that there is really no choice but to buy healthinsurance; the payment is not limited to willful violations, as penalties for unlawful acts often are; and the payment is collected solely by the IRS through the normal means of taxation."