WASHINGTON (AP) — The weight of a Supreme Court decision isn't likely to settle the contentious debate over health care in America, a nation disdainful of big government and historically unable to guarantee affordable basic coverage to all its citizens.

The court announced Monday it will take up the constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama's landmark health care law, with a decision expected next summer in the thick of the presidential election. But even if the law is upheld, Republican congressional leaders say they'll keep crusading for its repeal.

Administration officials respond with a dose of hope and bravado. Publicly, they're confident Obama's plan for covering the uninsured will be upheld to the last comma.

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