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Mandate says healthcare requirement a tax

By Felix Sarver | July 9, 2012

One of the more contested provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was the individual mandate. The mandate requires every American to get health insurance by 2014 or pay a penalty. Recently, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a “crucial”...