Decision 2012: Supreme Court considers constitutionality of health care reform law

The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments over the constitutionality of requiring Americans to buy private health insurance as part of President Barack Obama's massive health care reform law. The requirement was included in the law as a way of spreading and controlling health care costs. The debate over the law has become a major issue in the presidential campaign.

Class discussion: All of the Republican presidential candidates oppose the health care reform law. Find news reports about why they oppose the law. Do they have any proposals to replace it? Or, do they say no changes in health care coverage are necessary? How is the president's plan different from the program Mitt Romney instituted as governor of Massachusetts? How has Romney's program worked out in Massachusetts? How has it influenced the Republican primary campaign?