SCOTUS Will Rule on <br />Affordable Care Act Next Term The Supreme Court's <br />next term begins in October. This means the court <br />will not render a decision on <br />the Affordable Care Act, also known <br />as Obamacare, until after the 2020 election. Until a decision is rendered, <br />the act will continue uninterrupted. The announcement from the <br />court came as a surprise <br />to some analysts. The Supreme Court turned down <br />a request earlier this year that would <br />have put the case on the court's current term. At issue is whether or <br />not the act is constitutional. After the Republican-led Congress <br />voted to reduce the tax penalty for <br />having no health insurance to $0, predominantly Republican states, <br />including Texas, sued to bring an end to the law. Their argument was that without <br />a tax penalty, the act was <br />no longer legal.
