States, Lawmakers Oppose Ruling Undoing Obamacare

A federal judge’s declaration that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional is “unsound in all aspects,” 21 state attorneys general told a federal appeals court.

The law always has given people a choice between buying insurance or paying a tax, and Congress’s 2017 reduction of that tax to zero makes no difference to the law’s validity, the California-led coalition told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit March 25.

The states are appealing a decision by Judge Reed C. O’Connor, of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, who held the minimum coverage provision unconstitutional ...