Halbig v. Sebelius

May 2, 2013
Halbig v. Sebelius
The lawsuit, Halbig v. Sebelius, was filed on May 2, 2013, by a group of self-employed individuals from Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and West Virginia; a professional corporation in Missouri, and a group of Texas-based limited liability companies or partnerships with a single owner; all plaintiffs in are states where the federal government runs the exchange. In the complaint, the individuals said they objected to being required to obtain health insurance, even with the subsidies available to defray the cost, because without the subsidy the cost of health insurance would be unaffordable and . . .