Virginia and Oklahoma have filed separate challenges , along with other groups and individuals opposed to the law . The ruling follows several others by appeals courts on the health reform legislations . Congress must `` be free to forge national solutions to national problems , '' the court says . In a separate case, the Supreme Court ruled that states can require individuals who receive federal subsidies for insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law to purchase private insurance.
The ruling follows several others by appeals courts on the health reform legislations . Congress must `` be free to forge national solutions to national problems , '' the court says . In a separate case, the Supreme Court ruled that states can require individuals who receive federal subsidies for insurance coverage under President Barack Obama's healthcare law to purchase private insurance.