Mar 26, 2012 · 5–4 decision for Sebelius et al. majority opinion by John G. Roberts, Jr. The Taxing and Spending Clause empowers Congress to legislate the individual mandate.

Jun 28, 2012 · Twenty-six States, several individuals, and the National Federation of Independent Business brought suit in Federal District Court, challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion.

Sebelius, 567 U.S. 519 (2012), is a landmark [2] [3] [4] United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court upheld Congress's power to enact most provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), commonly called Obamacare, [5] [6] and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (HCERA), including a requirement for ...

Congress passed the ACA, which included a provision that required all Americans to maintain health insurance or be charged a penalty. Synopsis of Rule of Law. The ACA’s individual mandate penalty is a valid tax. Facts. In 2010, Congress passed the ACA.

Mar 31, 2017 · The National Federation of Independent Business, several individuals, and 26 States brought suit in Federal District Court, challenging the constitutionality of the individual mandate and Medicaid expansion.

At issue are two provisions of the Affordable Care Act. First is the individual mandate, which required individuals to purchase health insurance and, if they did not do so, to pay a penalty. Second is the Medicaid expansion, which made federal funding for Medicaid contingent upon state expansions of their eligibility requirements for that program.

Petitioner National Federation of Independent Business, et al. Respondent Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al.

Twenty-six states, several individuals, and the National Federation of Independent Business brought suit against the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“Secretary”), Kathleen Sebelius, in the Eleventh Circuit.

Two key provisions challenged in this case were the individual mandate, requiring individuals to purchase health insurance or pay a penalty, and the Medicaid expansion, requiring states to expand Medicaid eligibility or face the loss of existing Medicaid funding.

The National Federation of Independent Business, the State of Florida, and others (plaintiffs) sued in Florida federal court Kathleen Sebelius, secretary of the United States Department of Health and Human Services (defendant).