Jbaldy: It’s still the same individual mandate; the law is still going to be enforced as originally written. The Court upheld it as constitutional because for all practical purposes the fine for noncompliance was equivalent to a tax (if you don’t want to pay the “tax,” buy health care.) It’s a way of interpreting the mandate (following the principle that statutes are presumed to be constitutional and are interpreted as constitutional if at all possible); it doesn’t actually change the law. About the Anti-Injunction Act, read the opinion and you’ll see what the Court said about that.
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