The brief argues that the law cannot operate without the individual mandate. “The unconstitutional individual mandate is the essential component of the ACA’s reforms to the health insurance and healthcare markets, as the federal government has conceded. Congress would not have passed the ACA absent the individual mandate. Without the individual mandate, the ACA’s remaining provisions cannot function properly. Thus, the unconstitutional individual mandate is not severable from the ACA, and the entire Act must be invalidated,” wrote the group in the report.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on March 26-28.
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