These lawsuits could change health care nationwide if they make it to the Supreme Court
by Noam N. Levey, Los Angeles Times
Sep 04, 2018
4 minutes
WASHINGTON - Perhaps no recent major legislation has been shadowed as dramatically by legal battles as the Affordable Care Act that President Barack Obama signed into law eight years ago.
Twice since 2010, the sweeping law, often called Obamacare, has ended up before the U.S. Supreme Court. In both cases, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. joined the court's four more liberal justices to preserve the law.
If Brett M. Kavanaugh, President Donald Trump's choice to replace retiring Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, is confirmed this fall, he may not tip the balance on the court when it comes to the
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