Question

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (also known as Obamacare) provision that mandated that individuals not insured through employment obtain minimum essential health insurance or face a penalty was upheld as constitutional by the 11th Circuit.

a) True
b) False

Answer 1

The provision mandating individuals to obtain minimum essential health insurance under the ACA and face a penalty was upheld as constitutional by the 11th Circuit.

Step-by-step explanation:

The statement that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's provision mandating individuals not insured through employment to obtain minimum essential health insurance or face a penalty was upheld as constitutional by the 11th Circuit is true. In 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius that the individual mandate to purchase health insurance under the ACA is actually a tax, and therefore constitutional as the federal government has the right to tax the populace. This decision upheld the constitutionality of the provision.