Local Reactions: Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

Steve Kraske, Stephen Steigman and Elana Gordon and Greta Wendelin — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 14:20:40 +0000

On Thursday morning the Supreme Court largely upheld the Affordable Care Act.

While the Court allowed the so-called individual mandate to stand ruling that it is constitutional as a tax, and while they ruled that the Medicaid expansion is legal, the federal government can't take away Medicaid funding from individual states. (you can read the entire decision here.)