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pnwmom

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Thu Jun 28, 2012, 11:34 AM Jun 2012

CNN: What the Health Care ruling means for you.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/28/politics/supreme-court-health-effects/index.html

(CNN) -- The Supreme Court's decision Thursday to uphold the Affordable Care Act means that the predictions about how it will affect all Americans remain in place.

Read the court ruling (.PDF)

Here are some highlights:

The uninsured
The decision leaves in place the so-called individual mandate -- the requirement on Americans to have or buy health insurance beginning in 2014 or face a penalty -- although many are exempt from that provision.

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