"Twenty states have filed a lawsuit against the federal government. They claim that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional now that the individual mandate exists without the penalty tax that the Supreme Court used to save the law. The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in 2012 that the law was CONSTITUTIONAL only because the requirement to be insured was deemed a tax that generated revenue.
"However, when the Tax bill was signed into law last year, the mandate remained in law but the tax was zeroed out, making the mandate and the law unconstitutional, they say. The attorneys general argue that Congress stated in the law itself that the Affordable Care Act does not function without the individual mandate. Stay tuned."
The Lawsuit (filed in the US District Court, Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division), February 26, 2018: https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/files/epress/Texas_Wisconsin_et_al_v._U.S._et_ al_-_ACA_Complaint_(02-26-18).pdf
“20 States Suing to Invalidate ACA,” Shannon Muchmore, Healthcare Dive, February 28, 2018: https://www.healthcaredive.com/news/20-states-suing-to-invalidateaca/518077/
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Twila Brase, President of Citizens’ Council For Health Freedom, shared this statement on her “Health Freedom Minute” Radio feature.
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