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"A federal appeals court in Atlanta on Friday struck down a key provision of the Obama administration's health care reform law, ruling that Congress exceeded its authority in mandating that most Americans buy health insurance by 2014 or face a penalty."

And rightfully so.

Finally, the Supreme Court does something right. From the beginning I argued that the individual mandate was Unconstitutional because it is in effect a tax, and tax bills must originate in the House of Representatives, not the House or Lords, er, Senate.

The Court went a step further and said that the provision exceeds the authority of Congress, which is a good thing because the "tax" was a sneaky one that went to private companies rather than a public option.

The individual mandate was the most evil part of the bill. It basically tried to f' every young adult to subsidize older, more expensive users. Given how in debt the Millennials are, this bill would have killed them. It also had the effect of screwing over anybody who changes jobs frequently like software developers and pretty much most of the Millennials in any field.

Finally, the provision was essentially a gift to the corrupt big insurance companies who are 90% of the problem.

The Supreme Court has not heard or ruled on the case Dan.