Kansas and Missouri join another lawsuit seeking to overturn Affordable Care Act
Most of the 2010 law's sweeping health insurance changes have survived previous lawsuits and Republican promises of complete repeal through the legislative process. This year's repeal efforts in
While the tax was repealed, the mandate to carry insurance is still a part of the law, if only symbolically. Schmidt said that, plus an earlier
"In 2012, the
If the court rules that the individual mandate is now unconstitutional, it could allow the rest of the law to stand. But the "severability" of that mandate was a point of contention among the
In addition to
A nonprofit called the Protect our Care Campaign, formed to oppose Obamacare repeal efforts, blasted the lawsuit Tuesday as a "partisan attack." The group said it puts at risk popular provisions of the ACA like guaranteed access to coverage for people with pre-existing conditions and allowing children to stay insured under their parents' plans until age 26.
"It's time for
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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