Brett Smiley over at New York magazine dissects what is at stake as the Supreme Court begins hearing arguments on the Affordable Care Act today (Monday morning).
"But before argument about the actual legislation begins, the court must address whether the case, brought by opponents including 26 states and officially titled Department of Health and Human Services, et al., Petitioners v. Florida, et al., may be addressed at this time, i.e., is it "ripe." That's an issue because the so-called individual mandate, which would require Americans to buy health insurance, is not scheduled to take effect until 2014. There will be 90 minutes of argument on this point alone on Monday..." continue reading here.
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