One vote in June, 2012, determined the fate of President Barack Obama's crowning first-term achievement: universal health insurance. Chief Justice John Roberts of the U.S. Supreme Court cast the deciding vote to maintain the keystone of the reform: the mandate to purchase insurance.
That mandate had a convoluted history. Though born in a conservative think tank and originally adopted by Republican leaders as a necessary part of reform, it was rejected by Republicans when taken by Democrats and the President on board.
Roberts' decision rested on an interpretation of the mandate as a tax. Educators could also get a Teaching Note, composed by this particular case writer, that supply proposition for using this case resourcefully in the classroom.
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