Preexisting condition protections and Obamacare insurance subsidies remain in place, for now, as the case continues.
"The individual mandate is unconstitutional because it can no longer be read as a tax, and there is no other constitutional provision that justifies this exercise of congressional power," reads the majority opinion from the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals.
"This decision could take us to a dangerous and irresponsible place, not just for the 133 million Americans with pre-existing conditions, but for our seniors who use Medicare, our children under the age of 26, and the 20 million additional Americans covered directly through the ACA marketplace," Beccera said, announcing plans to appeal.The Healthcare.gov website is seen on a laptop computer on May 18, 2017 in Washington, D.C.
A group of 18 Republican-led states then challenged the law in federal court, winning a declaration last year that the mandate no longer qualifies as a tax, cannot be severed from the rest of the law, and thereby invalidates the entire ACA. In this Tuesday, July 9, 2019 file photo, People wait in line to enter the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to sit in overflow rooms to hear arguments in New Orleans.House Speaker Nancy Pelosi called it a"chilling threat" to millions of Americans.
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