Obamacare DC Ruling & Fallout

Here is all you -- currently! -- need to know about the two court rulings on the Affordable Care Act that were handed down yesterday in both the Fourth Circuit and the DC Court of Appeals.

• The blow dealt to the ACA
• Why it is a big deal
• The root issue in the ACA language
• State-by-state impact
• A blow to the legal system?
• Halbig v. Burwell Dissent
• Will the Supreme Court follow suit?
• Supreme Court number two
• Possible fix?
• Political gift to Democrats?
• Democrats, part 2

Stay informed out there.  Your health is at stake.

23 July 2014

Addition 24 July: A Yale Law School professor, Abbe R. Gluck, has noted indications about how the Supreme Court may lean on this issue based on previous court writings.  Note, however, that the dissent of the conservative justices in question is not binding in any way going forward.  And certainly don't count on consistency from this court!  Original Politico piece here.