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NPR Story
9:59 am
Thu June 28, 2012
Update On The Supreme Court's Health Care Ruling
By editor
Originally published on Thu June 28, 2012 12:21 pm
The law was upheld thanks to Chief Justice John Roberts, who sided with the court's more liberal wing, on a very narrow grounds: Instead of saying Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce, they said Congress has the authority to levy taxes. And the penalty for people who do not have health care is a tax and therefore constitutional.