SCOTUS Denies Review of States’ $500 Million Obamacare Tax Bill

The Supreme Court declined to review a Fifth Circuit decision that cleared the way for the U.S. to collect nearly $500 million in “health insurer premiums fees” from Texas and five other states, the top court said Monday.

The case, which deals with an Obamacare tax on Medicaid managed care companies, implicates the “non-delegation doctrine,” which gained renewed attention after the Supreme Court struck down the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test mandate for certain employers.

“The nondelegation doctrine ensures democratic accountability by preventing Congress from intentionally delegating its legislative powers to unelected officials,” Justice Neil M. Gorsuch wrote in his concurring opinion ...