The Ohio Free Press

Amicus Brief highlights Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment as evidence of mandate’s unconstitutionality

Columbus, OH – The 1851 Center for Constitutional Law today submitted to the United States Supreme Court a “friend of the court” brief asserting that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional. The brief highlights for the High Court Ohioans’ placement of the Ohio Health Care Freedom Amendment (“Issue 3″) in Ohio’s Bill of Rights, and its role in the Court’s analysis of whether the mandate withstands constitutional scrutiny.

The individual health insurance mandate, described as a “minimum essential coverage requirement” in the PPACA, attempts to require each citizen of the United States to purchase a qualifying heath insurance policy that, thus far, must cover items ranging from substance abuse and mental health coverage to maternity care. Through requiring these coverages and others, the mandate is expected to drive up costs of health insurance premiums nationwide.

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