To: Brumar89 who wrote (796794 ) 7/24/2014 5:41:48 PM From: J_F_Shepard Read Replies (2) | Respond to Two U.S. appeals courts issued conflicting rulings on whether consumers can get subsidies for health coverage bought on the Affordable Care Act's federal exchange, escalating a legal battle that could complicate fall insurance enrollment and jeopardize tax credits for millions of Americans.Barack Obama 's signature legislative achievement, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, invalidated an Internal Revenue Service regulation that implemented a key piece of the 2010 health law. The regulation said subsidies for health insurance were available to qualifying middle- and low-income consumers whether they bought coverage on a state or federally run exchange.Two hours later, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in Richmond, Va., reached the opposite conclusion, unanimously ruling that consumers in states relying on the federal marketplace could receive subsidies. That handed the White House a victory that counteracted the administration's loss in the other case.
