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11th Circuit Amicus Brief in Support of Health Reform

 Case Nos. 11-11021-HH & 11-11067-HH
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT

1. Whether the district court erred in holding that the minimum coverage provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“Affordable Care Act” or “ACA”) is not a valid exercise of Congress’s commerce power.
2. Whether the court erred in holding that the minimum coverage provision is not independently authorized by Congress’s taxing power.
3. Whether, even assuming that the minimum coverage was invalid, the court erred in declaring that the ACA in its entirety is invalid and in awarding relief to Plaintiffs without standing. Click here to read full report.