Obama Administration Defends Health Care Overhaul in First Supreme Court Brief

[Conservative]

Obama Administration Defends Health Care Overhaul In First Supreme Court Brief | Fox News

Arguing that President Obama's health care law was designed to fix an intractable national problem of exploding costs during a crisis, the administration submitted its opening brief to the Supreme Court Friday defending the law as both necessary and constitutional.

Without the premiums coming in from all people now forced into the system, the law collapses.

Another issue before the court in this case is how to punish people who don't obtain insurance. The law says people are to be penalized for non-participation. Opponents say there is no justification for such a penalty. They wonder how else could the government punish citizens

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