Friday, December 19, 2025

CNN: Federal judge in Texas strikes down Affordable Care Act

“A federal judge in Texas said on Friday that the Affordable Care Act’s individual coverage mandate is unconstitutional and that the rest of the law therefore cannot stand.”

“Legal experts say the ruling won’t immediately affect Americans’ health coverage, and a group of states led by California is already vowing to appeal. But the invalidation of the landmark health care law popularly known as Obamacare throws into doubt the future of health coverage for millions of Americans on the Obamacare exchanges and in Medicaid expansion.”

“The ruling and expected appeal sets up another cliffhanger in which the fate…” Read the full article here.

Source: Federal judge in Texas strikes down Affordable Care Act – By Ariane de Vogue and Tami Luhby, December 15, 2018. CNN.

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Jackie Gilbert
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Jackie Gilbert is a Content Analyst for FedHealthIT and Author of 'Anything but COVID-19' on the Daily Take Newsletter for G2Xchange Health and FedCiv.

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