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US Supreme Court agrees to hear challenge to Obama health care law
Nov 14, 2011, 16:08 GMT
Washington - The US Supreme Court agreed Monday to hear a challenge to President Barack Obama's signature health care overhaul law, which has faced a series of legal suits since being passed last year.
The court said it would hear three separate challenges - on appeals from the federal government, a group of 26 states and a business group - to the law during five and half hours of oral arguments early next year.
Legal challenges to the health care mandate have largely centred around the mandate that requires citizens to purchase health insurance and state governments have argued the measure violates their rights to regulate the industry.
The White House welcomed the Supreme Court's acceptance of the case and has maintained that the law would hold up to legal scrutiny.
'We know the Affordable Care Act is constitutional and are confident the Supreme Court will agree,' spokesman Dan Pfeiffer said.
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