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Federal judge in Texas strikes down Affordable Care Act
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| Contributor | RP |
| Last Edited | RP Dec 15, 2018 09:07am |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Author | Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby |
| News Date | Saturday, December 15, 2018 07:20:00 AM UTC0:0 |
| Description | A federal judge in Texas said on Friday that the Affordable Care Act's individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law therefore cannot stand.
Legal experts say the ruling won't immediately affect Americans' health coverage, and a group of states led by California is already vowing to appeal. But the invalidation of the landmark health care law popularly known as Obamacare throws into doubt the future of health coverage for millions of Americans on the Obamacare exchanges and in Medicaid expansion.
The ruling and expected appeal sets up another cliffhanger in which the fate of the law, which Republicans have unsuccessfully tried to repeal for years, will likely once again ultimately lie with the Supreme Court. |
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