United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

The provision in the health-care law requiring Americans to buy health insurance or face tax penalties was ruled unconstitutional Friday by a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, in Atlanta.



The health-care law — passed in 2010 — is intended to insure 32 million Americans by mandating that most people obtain health insurance, subsidizing policies for the poor and requiring insurers to accept people with pre-existing health problems.



The Cincinnati court ruled the mandate was constitutional. A separate ruling Friday also buoyed critics of the health-care law.