Obamacare

(CNN)Chief Justice John Roberts twice saved Obamacare, and he appears ready to uphold it again. But Roberts is growing weary of it all. His message to the many parties represented at the court on Tuesday was essentially: Just stop.Stop asking the justices to do the work of Congress. Stop pulling…

One of the strongest signs that the Affordable Care Act will survive the latest attempt to kill it in the Supreme Court came on Tuesday, in oral arguments in California v. Texas, when Justice Brett Kavanaugh began questioning Kyle Hawkins, the solicitor general of Texas. Hawkins was arguing that a…

Want the best of VICE News straight to your inbox? Sign up here.The Supreme Court appeared ready to leave the Affordable Care Act largely intact for the third time on Tuesday, dashing Republicans’ latest bid to tear down the health care program that has insured millions of Americans.The high court…

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday grappled with whether all of Obamacare should be thrown out in a challenge by the Republican-governed states, backed by President Donald Trump’s administration, with two conservative justices suggesting the law should remain intact even if one provision is struck down. The justices heard about…

A decision in the third major Affordable Care Act case is expected by June 2021.November 10, 2020, 6:43 PM• 8 min readWith health coverage for millions of Americans on the line, Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh signaled Tuesday that they’re inclined to uphold the majority of the…

The Supreme Court mostly stayed out of the spotlight during the frenzied week after Election Day. But on Tuesday, the justices are hearing a case that could upend the country’s health care system in the midst of a pandemic and leave tens of millions of people without health insurance. In…

Dartunorro Clark17d ago / 12:50 AM UTCPresident-elect Biden is expected to deliver remarks Tuesday about the risks of overturning the Affordable Care Act as the Supreme Court begins hearing oral arguments to decide the fate of the health care law. Biden will deliver remarks at 2 p.m. from Wilmington, Delaware, on…

The law’s challengers — 18 red states led by Texas — say Obamacare’s individual mandate that requires nearly all Americans to get health insurance is unconstitutional.Nov. 9, 2020Read More

When the Supreme Court weighs the fate of “Obamacare” on Tuesday, arguments will revolve around arcane points of law like severability — whether the justices can surgically snip out part of the law and leave the rest.But what’s at stake has real-world consequences for just about every American, as well…

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