The issue focused on the second part of a law that created a public health care system. The law was sold to be an economic policy, with those who had medical insurance from government-run plans like Medicaid and Medicare being able to get tax credits to help them pay for private insurance.

[U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of federal law allowing states to require people to buy health insurance]

In order to make it more difficult to use the public program, some state officials have said they