Final answer:
The news story relates to a legal case within healthcare, specifically the National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius case, which challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.
Step-by-step explanation:
The news story related to a legal case within healthcare is about the National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, which challenged the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA).
In this case, the suing states argued that the Medicare expansion and the individual mandate to purchase health insurance were both unconstitutional. The Supreme Court's 5-4 decision found that the Medicare expansion was permissible but that the federal government couldn't withhold all Medicare funding for states that refused the expansion. The court also found that Congress had the power to apply the mandate under its enumerated power to tax.