Employer organizations and trade groups expressed mixed reactions Wednesday afternoon when the first federal appeals court to rule on the health care reform law upheld the constitutionally of its so-called individual mandate provision.
The June 29 ruling by the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds an appeal from a Distrcit Court that the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which requires that all applicable individuals maintain minimum essential health insurance or pay a penalty, is constitutionally sound.
