Health Insurance Ruling Appealed

The health insurance overhaul program ruling that it was unconstitutional is being appealed by the Justice Department.
President Barack Obama’s administration passed the healthcare reform a year ago and the Justice Department has now appealed a judge’s ruling that struck down the federal overhaul.  
The Justice Department said the federal health care overhaul's core requirement to make virtually all citizens buy health insurance or face tax penalties is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate business.
The government's 62-page motion filed Friday to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals argued that Congress has the power granted in the overhaul due to "rational means of regulating the way participants in the health care market pay for their services."

The appeal also warns that other segments of the program, including a law that blocks insurers from denying coverage to people because of pre-existing conditions, would be "unworkable" without a minimum coverage provision.