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Share to facebookShare to twitterShare to linkedin On December 18, in Texas v. Azar, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ruled that the... Affordable Care Act's individual mandate was unconstitutional. Get…

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By: New York Times | Washington | Published: December 19, 2019 8:02:22 am A storefront of Sunshine Health and Life Advisors, a Florida insurance enrollment company, in Miami on Nov. 16, 2016.  (Angel Valentin/The New York Times)Written by Abby Goodnough A…

Fifth Circuit Rules Obamacare Individual Mandate Unconstitutional

A federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday that the individual mandate in Obamacare is unconstitutional. The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans handed down the ruling but did not decide on whether that would invalidate the rest of the legislation,…

NEW ORLEANS (AP) The individual mandate of former President Barack Obamas health care law is invalid, but other parts of the law need further review, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 2-1 ruling handed down by a panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court…

In selling Obamacare before Congress a decade ago, President Barack Obama promised that he would not sign a plan that adds one dime to our deficits, either now or in the future. From her perch behind the president, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi leaped out of…

WASHINGTONCongressional leaders struck a tax-policy deal late Monday, capping a long weekend of negotiations with an agreement that will extend lapsed and expiring tax breaks but wont be as expansive as many lawmakers had hoped. The extended breaks included i…

Getty Negotiations are ongoing, but it looks like the fiscal year 2020 spending bill will include permanent repeal of up to three Obamacare taxes: the so-called Cadillac tax on health insurance benefits, an excise tax on medical devices, and the Health Insur…

Auto enrollment, premium surcharges, and single-payer could be alternatives to open enrollment. Sunday night, on the final day of open enrollment for 2020 coverage, healthcare.gov appears to have had a meltdown. There were widespread reports of the insurance …