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U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirms the ACA’s individual mandate penalty is unconstitutional and remands the case to the lower court to examine severability

By Jeff Wurzburg (US) on December 19, 2019 Posted in Enforcement, General

On Wednesday, December 18, 2019, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in Texas v. Azar that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate is unconstitutional and remanded the case to the lower court for further review. In a split 2-1 panel decision, the Fifth Circuit held that the individual mandate is … Continue reading

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