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Justices unlikely to have last word on health care

The weight of a Supreme Court decision isn't likely to settle the contentious debate over health care in America, a nation disdainful of big government and historically unable to guarantee affordable basic coverage to all its citizens.

By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar | Updated on November 15, 2011

WASHINGTON (AP) — The weight of a Supreme Court decision isn’t likely to settle the contentious debate over health care in America, a nation disdainful of big government and historically unable to guarantee affordable basic coverage to all its citizens.

The court announced Monday it will take up the constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama’s landmark health care law, with a decision expected next summer in the thick of the presidential election. But even if the law is upheld, Republican congressional leaders say they’ll keep crusading for its repeal.

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