Can Congress Make You Buy Broccoli? And Why That's a Hard Question

Authors

Wendy K. Mariner, Boston University School of LawFollow
George J. Annas, Boston University School of LawFollow
Leonard H. Glantz

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1-20-2011

ISSN

0028-4793

Publisher

Massachusetts Medical Society

Language

en-US

Abstract

The continuing uncertainty over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), illustrated by conflicting trial court rulings and scholarly commentaries, raises the question of why this constitutional question is so hard to answer. There are at least four reasons.

Recommended Citation

Wendy K. Mariner, George J. Annas & Leonard H. Glantz, Can Congress Make You Buy Broccoli? And Why That's a Hard Question , in 363 New England Journal of Medicine 201 (2011).
Available at: https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMp1014367