Monthly Archives: August 2011

The recent 2-1 ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit Court in Atlanta that the individual mandate in the health reform law was unconstitutional brought us closer to a legal resolution of various challenges. However, what is not yet clear is what that resolution will be. The reason is that this ruling comes on the heels of a June decision, which ruled the mandate as constitutional. That decision was made in a separate case before the Circuit Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit Court in Cincinnati. A third challenge to the law is pending in the 4th Circuit Court. What these contradictory decisions have done is guarantee that the Supreme Court will have to settle the issue.