Month: December 2018
Federal judge in Texas rules Obamacare unconstitutional
The debate over the Affordable Care Act rages on after a federal judge in Texas struck down Obamacare as unconstitutional. If upheld, the ruling would eliminate all of Obamacare's provisions. CBS News chief Congressional correspondent Nancy Cordes reports.
WATCH: Health care for millions of Americans in jeopardy after judge strikes down Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act remains in place as the legal battle continues.
Controversial ruling on health care law could face a skeptical Supreme Court — if it gets there
Even with President Trump’s appointees to the high court, the majority that twice upheld the Affordable Care Act remains in place.
Wall Street, Congress react to federal judge ruling Obamacare unconstitutional
Health care stocks tumbled after the Friday ruling as more than a dozen states vowed to appeal
WATCH: Judge strikes down Obamacare
The judge's decision declared the individual mandate requiring all Americans to buy health insurance is "unconstitutional." The ruling is expected to be challenged.
The Point: What in the world is going on with Obamacare?
On Friday, a federal judge in Texas added the latest chapter to the nearly decade-long legal and political fight over the Affordable Care Act by ruling that the individual mandate, which forced everyone to have some sort of health insurance, was unconstitutional -- and predicting that the entire law would fail.
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What does the Texas ruling mean for Obamacare?
A Federal Judge in Texas ruled in favor of a lawsuit brought forward by 20 Republican attorneys, ruling that Obamacare is unconstitutional. Vox's Sarah Kliff and Sheryl Gay Stolberg of the New York Times join Katy to talk about what comes next.
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Why Trump can’t count on the Supreme Court to kill Obamacare
The Affordable Care Act that Congress passed in 2010 was decades in the making, an effort to control rising health care costs and provide insurance to millions of Americans. The US Supreme Court twice upheld it, emphasizing that history, and the law survived countless attempts by Republicans to repeal it.