THE US Supreme Court has upheld President Barack Obama's healthcare law in an election-year triumph for him and fellow Democrats and a stinging setback for Republicans.
In a 5-4 ruling based on the power of Congress to impose taxes, the court preserved the law's "individual mandate" requiring that most Americans obtain health insurance by 2014 or pay a tax.
Opponents of the law had argued the mandate was an overreach into the private lives of citizens. The court was deeply divided on the issue but the majority ruled Congress' taxing power was more important.
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