The debate over the nation’s health care system makes a stop in an Atlanta courtroom Wednesday, as a three-judge federal appeals court panel hears arguments over the constitutionality of the 2010 federal overhaul.
Chief Judge Joel F. Dubina and Judges Stanley Marcus and Frank M. Hull of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals are set to hear the case. At issue is the Justice Department’s appeal of a ruling by U.S. District Senior Judge Roger Vinson of Pensacola, Fla., that invalidated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Vinson said Congress didn’t have the power to enact the minimum coverage provision of the law, which requires most Americans to maintain a minimum level of health insurance coverage or pay a penalty.
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