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Courts at Odds over Healthcare Law's Individual Mandate

President Obama's healthcare reform requires that healthy Americans buy insurance even if they don't want to. Two federal judges, appointed by Bill Clinton, have ruled that the so-called "mandate" is constitutional. This week a third, appointed by George W. Bush, r uled that it's not .

By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

President Obama's healthcare reform requires that healthy Americans buy insurance even if they don't want to. Two federal judges, appointed by Bill Clinton, have ruled that the so-called "mandate" is constitutional. This week a third, appointed by George W. Bush, ruled that it's not.

Warren Olney
former KCRW broadcaster
Sonya Geis
Senior Managing Editor
Andrea Brody
Senior Producer, KCRW's Life Examined and To the Point podcast
Dahlia Lithwick
Author; Senior legal affairs correspondent, Slate; podcast host, Amicus podcast
Ezra Klein
Vox
David Sirota
International Business Times

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Which Way, L.A.?

Courts at Odds over Healthcare Law's Individual Mandate

President Obama's healthcare reform requires that healthy Americans buy insurance even if they don't want to. Two federal judges, appointed by Bill Clinton, have ruled that the so-called "mandate" is constitutional. This week a third, appointed by George W. Bush, r uled that it's not .

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Which Way, L.A.?

Courts at Odds over Healthcare Law's Individual Mandate

President Obama's healthcare reform requires that healthy Americans buy insurance even if they don't want to. Two federal judges, appointed by Bill Clinton, have ruled that the so-called "mandate" is constitutional. This week a third, appointed by George W. Bush, r uled that it's not .

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