U.S. Supreme Court justices indicated they may throw out other parts of President Barack Obama's health-care law if they strike down its core requirement that Americans obtain insurance.
A day after the justices cast doubt on the insurance mandate's survival, they tangled today over the consequences such a ruling would have. The court is in its third and final day of arguments on Obama's signature domestic achievement, a law that would extend health coverage to 32 million people.
Justices across the ideological spectrum expressed interest in overturning at least provisions that require insurers to cover people with pre-existing conditions. The administration and the insurance industry say those rules are so closely linked to the mandate that they can't be separated.
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