Hospital groups file brief supporting ACA individual mandate

The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts individual mandate because the crisis of uninsurance substantially affects interstate commerce, the AHA and five other national hospital organizations said in a friend-of-the-court brief (insert link) filed today. Americas tens of millions of uninsured residents consume tens of billions of dollars worth of health care each year, the brief notes. Others pick up much of the cost.