CNBC December 18, 2019
Berkeley Lovelace Jr.,Tucker Higgins

KEY POINTS
  • A federal appeals court rules that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate provision is unconstitutional but punts on deciding whether the rest of the landmark health-care law should be tossed out.
  • The court is ordering a lower court judge to reconsider whether ACA, more commonly known as Obamacare, should remain intact.

A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate provision is unconstitutional but punted on deciding whether the rest of the landmark health-care law should be tossed out.

The court, in a 2 to 1 decision, is also ordering a lower court judge to reconsider whether ACA, more commonly known as Obamacare, should remain intact.

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), CMS, Congress / White House, Govt Agencies, HHS, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Payer, Provider, Public Exchange, Regulations
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