Healthcare DIVE December 23, 2019
All eyes are likely to turn to the Supreme Court of the United States now that the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued its long-awaited ruling on the fate of the Affordable Care Act.
California Attorney General Xavier Becerra, who is leading the defense of the ACA among a group of blue states in court, has said he will soon petition the high court to take up the case. “We are prepared to file a cert petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to challenge this ruling to uphold the Affordable Care Act,” Becerra said last week during a press conference.
While the outcome of the case is cloudy, there are a few possible next steps for the case, according...