December 18, 2019
By Richard Wolf
The federal appeals court in New Orleans (click here) struck down a major part of the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday, a decision that eventually could jeopardize health insurance for millions of Americans and set up an election-year showdown at the Supreme Court.
The 2-1 ruling against the law's requirement that people buy insurance, rendered by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, represents the latest legal threat to former President Barack Obama's signature domestic policy achievement since it was enacted in 2010....
