LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: Medicaid is just one battleground in the fight over health care programs. The health care overhaul bill, which President Obama signed into law last year, requires people to obtain health insurance by 2014, or pay a penalty. The law has come under repeated legal challenge with some courts upholding it and others ruling against it.</s>LINDA WERTHEIMER, host: In one ruling last January, a Florida judge struck down large portions of the legislation.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: Now, this closely watched case goes to the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta. Starting tomorrow, a three-judge panel will hear from government lawyers who say the law should stand, while lawyers representing 26 states will argue it's unconstitutional.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: As these cases play out, many legal scholars expect the health care overhaul law to wind up in the Supreme Court.</s>RENEE MONTAGNE, host: This is MORNING EDITION from NPR News.
Earlier in the year, a Florida judge struck down large portions of President Obama's health care law. A three-judge panel will take up the case in a federal appeals court in Atlanta on Wednesday.