Explaining Texas v. U.S.: A Guide to the Case Challenging the ACA

KFF Health News January 28, 2020
MaryBeth Musumeci

The Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) future continues to be uncertain as Texas v. U.S. (known as California v. Texas in the U.S. Supreme Court), remains unresolved. This ongoing litigation challenges the ACA’s minimum essential coverage provision (known as the individual mandate) and raises questions about the entire law’s survival. The individual mandate provides that most people must maintain a minimum level of health insurance coverage; those who do not do so must pay a financial penalty (known as the shared responsibility payment) to the IRS. The individual mandate was upheld as a constitutional exercise of Congress’ taxing power by a five member majority of the Supreme Court in NFIB v. Sebelius in 2012.

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