USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Court held that the terms that accompany the expansion of Medicaid within the ACA amounts to coercion, leaving states with virtually no choice but to comply or risk losing approximately 10% of a given state’s annual revenue.

Detailed explanation-2: -In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the Supreme Court decided its first ACA case. While potentially affecting the entire ACA, the case focused on two particular provisions: the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion.

Detailed explanation-3: -The individual mandate was upheld as a constitutional exercise of Congress’ taxing power by a five member majority of the Supreme Court in NFIB v. Sebelius in 2012.

Detailed explanation-4: -It ruled that the individual mandate provision was not a valid exercise of Congress’ commerce or taxing powers. The court held the entire act invalid because the mandate could not be severed from any other provision.