The following is from Jim Duffett, executive director of the Campaign for Better Health Care.
From March 26 to 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court will hear arguments in Florida,et al., v. Department of Health and Human Services, et al.,
the historic challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable
Care Act brought by the attorneys general of 26 states and the National
Federation of Independent Businesses. No case has been allotted this
much time for argument since the 19th century.
Since
the Affordable Care Act was enacted in March 2010, dozens of legal
cases have been filed against the law. Most cases have been dismissed on
procedural grounds. Of the small number of cases that have gotten past
procedural hurdles, four cases have reached the Courts of Appeals.
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