Federal judge rebuffs AGs’ suit over Obamacare subsidies
Shapiro was one of 19 AGs who sued the government to block Trump's move toend cost-sharing subsidies for insurers under the Affordable Care Act, as Obamacare is formally known.
U.S. District Judge
Chhabria, an Obama appointee based in
Chhabria questioned the need for an emergency order, writing that states have been preparing for the end of subsidy payments, which have been in contention since 2014, the Los Angeles Times pointed out. In 2016, a federal judge in
As a result of such preparations, "the large majority of people who purchase insurance on exchanges throughout the country will either benefit or be unharmed," Chhabria wrote.
"And although you wouldn't know it from reading the states papers in this lawsuit, the truth is that most state regulators have devised responses that give millions of lower-income people better health coverage options than they would otherwise have had,"Chhabria wrote.
Chhabria's move clears the way for the case to move to trial, the New York Times noted.
There was no immediate response from Shapiro's office.
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