In 2012, the Supreme Court ruled that requiring people to buy health insurance is

In National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012), the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act’s payment for people who went without health insurance as a valid use of Congress’s taxing power. The Court did not uphold the requirement under the Commerce Clause, so the correct choice is “an acceptable use of the power to tax.”

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