Commonwealth Fund June 21, 2021
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In a 7–2 ruling, the Supreme Court on rejected — for a third time — a Republican-led effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act
Following the latest Supreme Court ruling, the Affordable care Act seems more solidly entrenched in American law. It is time to improve on it.
On June 17, six U.S. Supreme Court justices joined an opinion penned by Justice Stephen Breyer concluding that California v. Texas, the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), should be dismissed. Justice Thomas concurred. Justices Alito and Gorsuch dissented. This marks the third time the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the ACA. The Court did not conclusively preclude any further challenges. But the ACA, now having survived three...