Texas Court Ruling Invalidating ACA Threatens Preexisting Illness Coverage, But It's Not The Final Word, Congress Says

A closely watched court decision by a US District judge for a Texas federal court striking down the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act would have a sweeping impact on all remnants of the law, including the medical device tax, preexisting conditions coverage and mandatory reporting to the "Open Payments" database – but the ruling may not have staying power, legal experts say.

Even the Trump administration’s Department of Health and Human Services cautioned Monday that the decisionby Judge Reed O’Connor of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas...