California Legislature OKs health insurance mandate

The California Legislature voted Monday to tax people who refuse to buy health insurance, bringing back a key part of former President Barack Obama's health care law in the country's most populous state after it was eliminated by Republicans in Congress.

加州政府立法機構週一投票，決定對拒絕購買醫療保險的人徵稅，把前總統奧巴馬所執行的醫療法案中的一個關鍵部分，在前年共和黨於國會中投票否決後，又將重新使用此徵稅規定。

The federal Affordable Care Act required everyone to buy health insurance or pay a penalty. The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the law, ruling the penalty was a tax.

聯邦全民健保法案中，要求每一個美國合法居民，在符合條件的情況下須購買健康保險或將支付罰款，而美國最高法院則支持了這項法律，判定收取罰款是一種稅收。