Partner Briefing 

# The Supreme Court’s Obamacare Ruling: What Does It All Mean? 

Date and Time 

June 29, 2012 12 - 1 PM EDT 

Location 

Live Online 

##### Featuring 

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[Caleb O. Brown](/people/caleb-o-brown)

Former Director of Multimedia, Host and Executive Producer, *Cato Daily Podcast*, Cato Institute

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[Ilya Shapiro](/people/ilya-shapiro)

Former Vice President and Director, Robert A. Levy Center for Constitutional Studies, Cato Institute

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[Michael F. Cannon](/people/michael-f-cannon)

Director of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute

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In a complex decision, the Supreme Court has ruled that the individual mandate component of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional under Congress’s taxing power. What is left of the idea that the Constitution creates a government of limited powers? What does this case-of-the-century mean for both the Constitution and our health care system and what are next steps for Congress? Join Cato scholars Michael Cannon and Ilya Shapiro online for an in-depth discussion of all these issues in the immediate wake of the Supreme Court decision.

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