Judge Invalidates Health-Care Act’s Insurance-Buying Mandate
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The requirement in the 2010 health-care law that most Americans buy insurance or pay a fine is unconstitutional, a federal judge in Pennsylvania ruled.
U.S. District Judge Christopher C. Conner in Harrisburg today said Congress exceeded its powers under the federal Constitution when it included in the act President Barack Obama signed last year the provision requiring almost all Americans to have medical insurance starting in 2014.