Health Act Intact: U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care

Thursday, June 28, 2012 - 11:01 in Mathematics & Economics

The Supreme Court ruled today to uphold the 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), which aims to expand health insurance coverage to 32 million more Americans. However, the Court also ruled that the federal government may not penalize states that decline to participate in the expansion of Medicaid that accompanies the ACA by taking away other Medicaid moneys. [More]

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