Health Reform -- March 27, 2012 at 12:55 PM EDT

Health Care Twitter Chat Recap

By: News Desk

Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo checks up on Juan Gonzalez in Miami; Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Dr. Olveen Carrasquillo checks up on Juan Gonzalez in Miami, Fla. in Jan. 2011; Joe Raedle/Getty Images

Updated 6:30 p.m. ET March 27

The Supreme Court will hear a historic three days of arguments about whether the 2010 Affordable Care Act is constitutional from Monday, March 26, to Wednesday, March 28.

NewsHour hosted a Twitter chat on Tuesday March 27 from 1 - 2 p.m. ET with experts in the field to answer your submitted questions.

The guests were:

Over half of the chat was dedicated to what Antos called the "central issue": the individual mandate. The Supreme Court heard arguments about the constitutionality of the mandate Tuesday.

After the jump read more about what Antos, Tanden and Carey had to say about the arguments, comparing car insurance to the mandate and more.

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