Supreme Court Will Again Take Up ObamaCare

Health care law will head back to SCOTUS in upcoming term
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Mar 2, 2020 9:05 AM CST
ObamaCare Headed Back to SCOTUS
In this Jan. 27, 2020 photo, the Supreme Court is seen in Washington, DC.   (AP Photo/Mark Tenally)

The Supreme Court agreed Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, but the decision is not likely until after the 2020 election. The court said it would hear an appeal by 20 mainly Democratic states of a lower-court ruling that declared part of the statute unconstitutional and cast a cloud over the rest. Defenders of the Affordable Care Act argued that the issues raised by the case are too important to let the litigation drag on for months or years in lower courts and that the 5th US Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans erred when it struck down the health law's now toothless requirement that Americans have health insurance.

The case will be the third major Supreme Court battle over the law popularly known as ObamaCare since its passage in 2010, reports the AP. The court has twice upheld the heart of the law, with Chief Justice John Roberts memorably siding with the court's liberals in 2012, amid President Obama's reelection campaign. The Trump administration supports the total repeal of the law, including its provisions that prohibit insurance companies from discriminating against people with existing health ailments. (More ObamaCare stories.)

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