1、CRS Legal Sidebar Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress Legal SidebarLegal Sidebari i California v. Texas: The Fate of the Affordable Care Act October 27, 2020 On November 10, 2020, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear oral argument in California v. Texas (consolidated with the related c
2、ase Texas v. California), a constitutional challenge to the Affordable Care Acts (ACAs) individual mandate. The suit also seeks to invalidate the ACAs many other provisions, which cover a range of issues such as the regulation of private health insurance, changes to public health care programs like
3、Medicaid and Medicare, funding for preventive health care programs, drug regulation, and nutritional content display at restaurants. This Sidebar provides background on the ACAs individual mandate, including relevant prior litigation, followed by a discussion of the California v. Texas case, includi
4、ng the parties arguments in the case. It concludes with some select considerations for Congress. The ACAs Individual Mandate Enacted in 2010, one of the ACAs central goals was to “increase the number and share of Americans who are insured.” In its original form, the ACAs major components included sw
