What's next in legal drama over the Affordable Care Act?

 

December 20, 2019



NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The federal appeals court ruling striking down the Affordable Care Act's requirement that people have health insurance left hanging key questions about what happens to other provisions of the law, like coverage for preexisting conditions.

President Barack Obama's signature health care law remains in legal limbo. But at least for now most of its provisions remain in effect.

The decision Wednesday by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans sent the case back to a federal district court judge who had declared the entire law invalid because there was no longer a tax...



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