Next, read about the Supreme Court’s ruling on the constitutionality of the PPACA. Write one to two paragraphs explaining how the Supreme Court approved and defined the ACA as constitutionally legal.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is a 2010 federal legislation that modified aspects of the U.S. private health insurance market and certain public health insurance systems.

Explanation:

In a 5 to 4 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the individual mandate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is lawful underneath the taxation authority of Congress. .As the provision is statutory, there was no reason for the court to decide on what other aspects of the statute would be discredited. The Court also ruled narrowly that PPACA's extended Medicaid  was lawful as long as current federal reimbursement is not withheld to states if they fail to comply with the PPACA Medicaid extension provisions.