Professor Says Affordable Healthcare Reform Act a Matter of Regulating Commerce

Professor Says Affordable Healthcare Reform Act a Matter of Regulating Commerce

March 27, 2012 | Kathryn Mobley

A key part of the Affordable Healthcare Act may be in trouble. The U.S. Supreme Court Justices have finished day two of hearing oral arguments surrounding the two-year-old law. Today, they heard the pros and cons about individual mandate, which requires all U.S. taxpayers to buy health insurance.

Mark Hall is a Professor of Law and Public Health at Wake Forest University. He's also a member of one of the federal advisory boards that is implementing a part of the new healthcare reform law. This week, he's in Washington D.C. sitting in court listening to the arguments.

Hall spoke with WFDD's Kathryn Mobley and described today's events. Wednesday is the last day the U.S. Supreme Court Justices listen to oral arguments. They're expected to deliver a decision in June.

According to Hall, some of the justices appointed by a Republican president appear receptive to the government's argument insisting the individual mandate stay intact, while others seem against it.