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| Subject: Sadly, US Supreme Court upholds healthcare reform law Thu Jun 28, 2012 5:21 pm | |
| Obama: "A victory for people all over this country"
The US Supreme Court has said President Barack Obama's landmark healthcare reform act is constitutional.
The court upheld a core requirement known as the "individual mandate" that Americans buy insurance or pay a fine.
Of the nine justices on the bench, Chief Justice John Roberts' vote was decisive in the Supreme Court's 5-4 ruling in favour of the law.
The ruling comes months before the US election, with Republicans vowing to push for a repeal of the bill.
Healthcare is a deeply polarising issue in the US and Republicans strongly opposed Mr Obama's legislation.
The state of Florida, along with 12 other states, filed a legal challenge to the bill minutes after Mr Obama signed The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) into law in March 2010.
They were later joined by 13 more states, the National Federation of Independent Businesses and several individuals.
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