Health care

Arguments for and against the legality of the Affordable Care Act wrapped up yesterday in the Supreme Court, and today, in our weekly Attitude Check, we look at how the average American feels about the law.

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The markets have a lot to reflect on this morning, from the pending Supreme Court decision to the latest Case-Shiller Index.

However the Supreme Court decides its ruling will push health-care reform to the top of the campaign debate. Health reform won't go away. The costs of the system are too high. The fiscal, economic and household pressures remain too great. Back to the future won't work.

The court's grounds will be clogged with a colorful mix of characters: activists, lawyers, journalists and oh, tourists.

Doctor and commentator John Schumann says it's a medical urban legend.

In an exclusive interview with Marketplace, President Obama said he would have loved more cooperation from Congress on the health care law, and had started out with a plan Republicans at one time supported. "Over time," he said, "people will say this was the right thing to do."

A study by the UnitedHealth Group released this morning says we spent about $5 billion on genetic tests in 2010 and could spend $25 billion by the end of the decade.

For all the talk by Republicans about the dangers of "Obamacare," there are some who view the law as good for business.

Frank Newport, the editor-in-chief of Gallup, talks about Americans' attitude toward health care reform and the role it could play in this year's presidential election.