Supreme Court declines to hear case on Obamacare's 'employer mandate'

The Supreme Court will not reconsider the part of President Obama’s healthcare law that requires employers to provide basic health insurance for their workers or pay a tax penalty.

The justices on Monday dismissed an appeal brought by a conservative Christian college in Virginia that contended the “employer mandate” is unconstitutional.

Last year, the court in a 5-4 decision upheld the “individual mandate,” deciding that people may be required to either obtain insurance or pay a tax penalty.

At the time, the court did not consider the law's parallel requirement that employers with more than 50 full-time employees must provide basic insurance.

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