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  Campaign Impact: Obama, Romney Seize on Ruling

  By Ben Feller  |  June 29, 2012

  Democrats and Republicans immediately launched fundraising appeals off the court's decision, underscoring the campaign ramifications of a judicial decision that is supposed to be devoid of politics.

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  The PPACA Verdict: 6 Possible Outcomes

  By Mark Sherman and Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  June 27, 2012

  Saving its biggest case for last, the Supreme Court is expected to announce its verdict Thursday on President Barack Obama's health care law.

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  Poll Shows Voters Want New Health Care Effort

  By Mark Sherman  |  June 20, 2012

  Americans overwhelmingly want the president and Congress to get to work on a new bill to change the health care system if the Supreme Court strikes down President Barack Obama's 2010 overhaul as unconstitutional, a new poll finds.

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  Undoing Health Reform Could Have Messy Ripple Effects

  By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  June 12, 2012

  It sounds like a silver lining. Even if the Supreme Court overturns President Barack Obama's health care law, employers can keep offering popular coverage for the young adult children of their workers. But here's the catch: The parents' taxes would go up.

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  PPACA: Court Could Kill PCIP

  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press  |  May 17, 2012

  AP's take on a risk pool program that has irritated brokers but served as an insurer of last resort for some patients.

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  Obama Administration: Full PPACA Repeal Could Disrupt Medicare

  By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR, Associated Press  |  May 3, 2012

  Would CMS have to make up the difference between pre-PPACA payment rates and the rates paid?

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  High Court Has Options on Health Care Law

  By Mark Sherman, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar  |  March 29, 2012

  Justices have a range of options when it comes to deciding what to do with President Barack Obama's health care overhaul. Here are six of the most probable.

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  Justices Could Strike Other Parts of Health Law

  By Mark Sherman, Pete Yost  |  March 28, 2012

  The Supreme Court is signaling it could throw out some other key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional.

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  Some Justices Seem Open to Saving Part of Law

  By Mark Sherman, Pete Yost  |  March 28, 2012

  On the third and last day of arguments, the justices seemed skeptical of the position taken by Paul Clement, a lawyer for 26 states seeking to have the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act tossed out in its entirety.

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  Court: What's Left of Health Law Without Mandate?

  By Mark Sherman  |  March 28, 2012

  The heart of the Obama administration's health care overhaul hanging in the balance, the Supreme Court is turning to whether the rest of the law can survive if the crucial individual insurance requirement is struck down.