What did the joint dissent by Justices Scalia, Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito argue about the Affordable Care Act?

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In the Supreme Court case National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius (2012), Justices Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Anthony Kennedy, Antonin Scalia, and Clarence Thomas authored a joint dissent regarding the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA).12

The four justices argued that both the individual mandate and the Medicaid expansion were unconstitutional. Consequently, they contended that the entire Affordable Care Act should be struck down in its entirety.1