LIVE: SCOTUS health care ruling on The Daily Circuit

Posted at 6:53 AM on June 28, 2012 by Jon Gordon
Filed under: Health, Politics

(AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the vast majority of President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul, including the hotly debated core requirement that virtually all Americans have health insurance.

The 5-4 decision means the huge overhaul, still taking effect, will proceed and pick up momentum over the next several years, affecting the way that countless Americans receive and pay for their personal medical care.

The ruling hands Obama a campaign-season victory in rejecting arguments that Congress went too far in approving the plan. However, Republicans quickly indicated they will try to use the decision to rally their supporters against what they call "Obamacare."

Stocks of hospital companies rose sharply, and insurance companies fell immediately after the decision was announced that Americans must carry health insurance or pay a penalty.

We live-blogged a Daily Circuit discussion on the Supreme Court's federal health care ruling. Here's an archive.