Appeals Court ruling on Obamacare may jeopardize federal funding for Massachusetts
A federal Appeals Court on Wednesday struck down the individual health insurance mandate as unconstitutional, a ruling that could ultimately jeopardize up to
“Because we had health care reform in 2006, sometimes it’s easy for people to think what happens at the national level isn’t going to affect us,” said foundation president
The Fifth Circuit ruling in Texas vs.
However, in 2017, the Republican-led Congress eliminated the financial penalty for failing to buy health insurance.
The Appeals Court now ruled that without that financial penalty, the individual mandate can no longer be considered a tax, so it is an unconstitutional exercise of Congressional power.
But rather than overturning the entire law, the Appeals Court sent the case back to a
Ultimately, the case is expected to end up before the
Shelto said because the 2006 reform relied on federal approval and federal funding, “We couldn’t just assume we can fall back and the feds would say everything we authorized in the past and funded, we’re going to agree to reinstate for you.”
If
If the Affordable Care Act is repealed but
If
In both scenarios, anyone who currently buys federally subsidized or unsubsidized insurance on the health insurance exchange would lose that coverage. If
Those individuals newly eligible for Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act would lose their eligibility in both cases.
Health Care for All, a
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