Patch's Poll: Do You Agree with the Supreme Court Decision to Uphold the Health Care Mandate?

In a landmark decision, both legally and politically, the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld President Barack Obama's sweeping healthcare law, including the central mandate that individuals must buy health insurance.

The contentious portion of the law — which drew disputes among Congressional lawmakers in 2009 and was fought on legal grounds by Attorneys General across the United States since — is considered the “heart” of the law, according to CBS.

"Today’s Supreme Court ruling is a major victory for working families," State Rep Joe Aresimowicz said. "I have been coaching kids for 15 years and I have seen too many of my former players struggle to find jobs with affordable health insurance when they finish school. The Affordable Care Act now lets young adults to stay on their parents’ health care plan until age 26.

"It also stops the big companies from denying children with pre-existing conditions health insurance and dropping adults from coverage when they get sick."

“The decision creates some certainty surrounding federal health care policy, allowing federal and state rulemakers to, for now, implement this law,” CBS said.

According to the Associated Press, the high court “rejected arguments that Congress went too far in requiring most Americans to have health insurance or pay a penalty.”

In the United States there are 30 million people today who go without insurance. Through the mandate, the law hopes to stem this problem, as well as .

Do you agree with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling, which allows for lawmakers to mandate Americans purchase health insurance? Take our poll and share your thoughts in the comments.