Becker's Healthcare July 8, 2019
The ACA is vulnerable as the case challenging a judge’s decision to strike down the federal health law moves forward in court, according to USA Today.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans is slated to hear oral arguments in the case July 9.
Seven things to know:
1. The case focuses on a December district court decision to invalidate the ACA.
2. Federal Judge Reed O’Connor, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, ruled in a lawsuit brought by Republican-led states that the entire healthcare law is invalid because Congress eliminated the ACA’s individual insurance mandate penalty.
3. Judge O’Connor’s ruling was appealed, and the ACA has remained U.S. law while the case...
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