Despite political opposition to the Affordable Care Act, more than 186,000 people in Louisiana signed up for health insurance through healthcare.gov. The vast majority of those received subsidies, which could be lost in the King v. Burwell case before the Supreme Court.Kaiser Health News...
Clear Language Or Clear Intent? Supreme Court Hears Obamacare Subsidies Case.The article discusses several issues about the textual interpretation of the U.S. Supreme Court case King v. Burwell, which pertains to the Affordable Care Act. Issues include the U.S. Internal Revenue Service's ...
Wednesday was the sixth anniversary ofPresident Barack Obama's health care overhaul; the case in front of the justices was the law's fourth Supreme Court appearance in five years. The issue this time is the arrangement the administration devised to make sure that religiously oriented groups do n...
The Supreme Court will hear arguments on the Affordable Care Act one week after the Nov. 3 presidential election in a landmark case that'll once again determine the fate of the Obama-era law and its constitutionality. The Best Cartoons on Health Care The high court on Wedne...
This is no longer the case. Public confidence and public perception that the courts are non-partisan has eroded. The Republican boycott of Garland, together with Trump’s unprecedented nomination of Barrett and her likely confirmation, will seal the Republican theft of two supreme court seats, at...
A charity run by nuns had arguments heard by the Supreme Court Wednesday in their case against Obamacare. The "Little Sisters of the Poor" say the Affordable Care Act violates their religious beliefs due to the law's birth control provisio
The Supreme Court on Thursday, in long-anticipated decision, rejected a challenge to the Affordable Care Act in a case involving whether the individual mandate can be severed from the rest of the law -- or whether the whole law must be struck down. The court ruled 7-2, with Justice ...
For the Supreme Court to take the case, it would require at least four justices to agree to hear it. If the court takes the case, it could be heard after it opens its next term in October, and decided by next May. Read MoreCalifornia's Obamacare rates to rise 4.2% on average ...
Both Kavanaugh and Roberts spoke repeatedly about the court’s precedents that affirm a “strong presumption of severability” in the event a portion of a major law, like the ACA, is deemed unconstitutional. “It’s a very straightforward case for severability under our precedents,” said Kavanau...
Obamacare supporters have not hesitated to predict the drastic consequences that could come from King v. Burwell, the case the Supreme Court considers Wednesday. The plaintiffs in the case argue that the Affordable Care Act only allows the federal government to provide subsidies in states that run...