Healthcare at the high court

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Author(s)	Los Angeles Times editorial board
Source	Los Angeles Times
Date	November 16, 2011
URL	http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/opinionla/la-ed-health-20111116,0,4240404.story
Quote	Judge Laurence Silberman (a Reagan appointee) ruled that the individual mandate is constitutional because it regulates the way people pay for their inevitable participation in the market for medical care. In addition, he wrote, the mandate is a critical part of the new rules Congress created for the insurance industry, which are designed to expand coverage and stop insurers from discriminating against people with preexisting conditions. As the Supreme Court has previously decided, Congress can intervene in local, individual decisions when necessary to support a legitimate regulatory regime for interstate commerce.

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This item argues against the position Act should not have been passed on the topic Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.