Supreme Court Dismisses Third Challenge To Affordable Care Act

On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled 7 to 2 on California v. Texas to dismiss the third challenge to the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), which leaves the law intact. The ruling said the challengers, two named individuals and a group of Republican governors, lacked standing to bring the case. Because the challengers lacked standing, the court did not rule on their assertion that the entire PPACA was rendered unconstitutional when Congress, in 2017, changed the penalty for failing to obtain health insurance from $695 to $0. The justices noted that there . . .