>Appeals court rules against Obama healthcare mandate
By Jeremy Pelofsky and James Vicini
WASHINGTON | Fri Aug 12, 2011 6:26pm EDT
(Reuters) – President Barack Obama’s signature healthcare law suffered a setback on Friday when an appeals court ruled that it was unconstitutional to require all Americans to buy insurance or face a penalty.
The U.S. Appeals Court for the 11th Circuit, based in Atlanta, ruled 2 to 1 that Congress exceeded its authority by requiring Americans to buy coverage, but it unanimously reversed a lower court decision that threw out the entire law.
The legality of the individual mandate, a cornerstone of the healthcare law, is widely expected to be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court. Opponents have argued that without the mandate, which goes into effect in 2014, the entire law falls.
https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/08/12/us-usa-healthcare-idUSTRE77B4J320110812