Supreme Court will once again consider fate of Affordable Care Act
The Supreme Court will hear a third challenge to the Affordable Care Act, this time at the request of Democratic-controlled states that are fighting a lower court decision that challenged the constitutionality of the law.
The court’s review will probably come in the term that begins in October, which would not leave time for a decision before the November election. The law remains in effect.
The court earlier had turned down a motion by the House of Representatives and Democratic-led states to hear the case this term.
They want review of a decision last year by a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit. The panel struck down the law’s mandate that individuals buy health insurance but sent back to a lower court the question of whether the rest of the statute can stand without it. The lower court had said the entire law must fall.
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