Obamacare to survive another legal challenge at the Supreme Court?
Most of the Affordable Care Act appeared likely to survive yet another legal challenge as five justices indicated that they were not inclined to strike down the law.
McClaughry: The Supreme Court and the Affordable Care Act
Sen. Patrick Leahy and five of his Democratic colleagues have repeatedly stoked fears that a conservative Supreme Court will destroy the Obama Affordable Care Act of 2010. This is rank partisan fearmongering.
Democrats press Supreme Court for quick decision to save Obamacare
A coalition of blue states and congressional Democrats asked the Supreme Court Friday to salvage the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate, after a federal appeals court declared it unconstitutional.
Blue states will turn to Supreme Court after appeals court strikes down Obamacare mandate
California and a coalition of blue states defending the Affordable Care Act (ACA) told a federal judge Friday that they will appeal a lower court order striking down the individual mandate to the Supreme Court.
Obamacare caused premiums to spike. Here’s how states are lowering them again.
Average premiums for “benchmark” plans declined slightly (0.83%) in 2019, for the first time in the program’s history. The better news is that this overall decline was driven by seven states that obtained waivers to deviate from certain Obamacare mandates.
Federal appellate court hears arguments in case challenging Obamacare
Attorneys defending the Affordable Care Act faced sharp questions in New Orleans Tuesday about whether eliminating the act’s penalty for not buying health insurance renders the entire law unconstitutional.
Obamacare is in danger. Here’s why it’s been so bad for America.
Last December, a district judge in Texas ruled that Obamacare should be struck down in its entirety. The Justice Department said in a federal appeals court filing on Monday that it agrees with this ruling, which would be a reversal of its previous position that only some of the law should be overturned.
McClaughry: Scrapping the health insurance penalty tax
The legislative rejection of the penalty tax would certainly show that even a left-leaning legislature has enough good sense not to lay new tax burdens on vulnerable working families.
Vermont health care mandate bill throws affordable insurance alternatives under the bus
The new health care mandate bill working its way through the Legislature would prevent association health plans and health care sharing ministries from counting as adequate health insurance.
Statehouse Headliners: State law to eliminate faith-based health cost sharing faces pushback
Health-sharing is exempted from the “Obamacare” federal individual mandate to have health insurance. H.524 would eliminate that exemption.
Health Care Committee leaning toward penalty for those who don’t buy insurance
The House Committee on Health Care appears to be leaning toward imposing a financial penalty on Vermonters who do not purchase health insurance.
Treat: Health care sharing — the legal escape from Obamacare
Every year more than 1 million individuals across the United States benefit from health care sharing instead of purchasing health insurance. In 2009, Obamacare exempted health care sharing ministries already in existence from the individual mandate requirement.