What's At Stake When The Supreme Court Rules on Obamacare
Source: US News
The fate of the Affordable Care Act, the healthcare reform law enacted in 2010, will be unveiled Thursday after months of anticipation. But before the nine Supreme Court justices announce their decision, which may flip the law on its head, a clear understanding of the complex law is in order.
Obamacare, as it's been branded, aims to expand health coverage to more Americans, reduce the amount they pay for insurance, and trim the $2.6 trillion paid annually in the United States for healthcare.
The law's central and most controversial provision is the individual mandate, requiring nearly all Americans to have health insurance and issuing fines to those who do not. To help achieve this, the law expands access to government healthcare programs for children, the poor, and the elderly. The bill makes denying coverage to those with pre-existing conditions illegal and creates a temporary plan for those people until 2014.
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