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Despite flying under the radar for so long, the individual mandate is now being described by critics as the foundation on which the entire new health care law rests.

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Opinion by Jon Healey

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The health-care reform bill’s individual mandate is getting all the attention this week as the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether the government can require all Americans to purchase health insurance. Read the Article>

MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, an architect of both Mitt Romney’s and Obama’s bills, breaks down what’s at stake as the justices debate one of the most important cases before the court in decades. Read the Article>

Mr. Gruber has spent decades modeling the intricacies of the health care ecosystem, which involves making predictions about how new laws will play out based on past experience and economic theory. Read the Article>

In the Supreme Court’s final day of arguments on the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law, the justices wrestled Wednesday with what happens to the law if they strike down the provision that requires the uninsured to buy insurance. Read the Article>

The Supreme Court signaled Wednesday that it could throw out other key parts of President Barack Obama's health care law if it first finds the individual insurance requirement unconstitutional. Read the Article>

The Supreme Court justices appeared sharply divided Wednesday over whether they would have to kill President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul outright if they decree that the measure requiring individuals to have insurance or pay a penalty is unconstitutional. Read the Article>

In one of the most highly anticipated Supreme Court hearings in years, the justices on Tuesday offered sharply divided views on the controversial individual mandate provision at the heart of the 2010 federal health care reform law.

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