Obamacare

A legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act went before a panel of three federal judges on Tuesday and got a credulous, sympathetic-sounding hearing from the two judges who were appointed by Republicans. Yes, it’s happening again. This latest lawsuit, whic…

Nearly a decade after the passage of the Affordable Care Act, the health law is still tied up in the courts. You could be forgiven for having lost track of the latest in Obamacare lawsuit news, which now involves conservative states suing a federal government…

The Affordable Care Act, and the health coverage of millions of Americans, could face a major threat to its future.  A federal appeals court in New Orleans appears ready to rule that a core provision of Obamacare is unconstitutional. It's unclear exactly whe…

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Appeals court likely to rule Obamacare unconstitutional

Under Obamacare, a new office can test strategies for how to pay for health services, a provision meant to improve health care quality and efficiency. Many such experiments have been started by the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Innovation, including progra…

Donald Trumps dream of eliminating the Affordable Care Act appears closer to becoming reality after the two GOP-appointed judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sitting in New Orleans indicated on Tuesday that they were ready to strike down the entire l…

NEW ORLEANS Federal appeals court judges expressed skepticism Tuesday that the nearly decade-old law that refashioned the nations health-care system should remain intact after Congress eliminated a tax penalty for Americans who fail to carry health insurance.…

NEW ORLEANS, July 9 (Reuters) - A federal appeals court panel grilled Democratic attorneys general on Tuesday about whether Obamacare violates the U.S. Constitution, as it weighs whether to uphold a Texas judges ruling striking down the landmark healthcare re…

Obamacare is facing a new legal challenge today, this time before federal judges in New Orleans. What's the story? This challenge is all about the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate, or the tax penalty for those who decide not to have health insurance…