socioeconomic level in this country to understand its future, its challenges, and its opportunities and why you need to know about india. how important india is to your economic future. christine? thanks, ali. health care reform is president obama s signature achievement, and at the heart of the president s health care reform law is the individual mandate, the requirement that most americans either purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. the vim mandate is designed to lower costs by spreading them across a larger pool of individuals. but after three days of supreme court arguments this week, it s pretty clear that the individual mandate is in jeopardy. and that could mean an end to the entire health reform law. candy crowley is the cnn s chief political correspondent and anchors state of the union. the supreme court is expected to announce its decision in the summer. if it s overturned is it a fatal blow to his legacy or rally cry to the democrats he can ri
challenges and opportunities and why you need to know about india. how important india is to your economic future. christine. thanks, ali. health care reform is president obama s signature achievement. at the heart of the president s health care reform law is the individual mandate. the requirement that most americans either purchase health insurance or face a financial penalty. individual mandate designed to lower costs spreading them over a pool of individuals. after the supreme court arguments this week, it s pretty clear the individual mandate is in jeopardy. that could mean an end to the entire health care reform law. candy crowley, the supreme court is expected to announce its decision in the summer. if it s overturned is it a fatal blow to his legacy or rally cry to the democrats he can ride out until november. i think depends which party spins it best. those are the two scenarios. listen, in the short run this is a blow to the signature issue of his first term.
a high court is nearing the end of a remarkable six hours of arguments on four separate issues arising from the affordable care act of 2010. the session that began last hour is due to wrap up 45 minutes from now. soon after that the final health care arguments will center on the power of the feds to compel states to broaden medicaid coverage. we don t expect any decisions until june at the earliest, but our jeff toobin and kate baldwin will step out of the courthouse to bring us up to speed when the what if arguments are over today at the u.s. supreme court. the facts surrounding trayvon martin s death are getting more complicated by the day. so far there have been conflicting reports as to what exactly happened and whether george zimmerman was really acting in self-defense when he shot trayvon martin in the chest. now shocking new evidence that sanford police were taking steps to arrest zimmerman early in the investigation. the miami herald reports the police incident re