AHIP Files Amicus Brief in Texas v. United States

Today, AHIP filed an amicus brief with the U.S. Supreme Court in Texas v. United States, the lawsuit filed by a Texas-led group of states and several individuals challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) following the zeroing out of the individual mandate penalty.  Read the brief.

Here are a few highlights from the brief:

“Since its passage in 2010, the ACA has transformed the nation’s health care system. It has restructured the individual and group markets for purchasing private health care coverage, expanded Medicaid, and reformed Medicare. Health insurance providers (like AHIP’s members) have invested immense resources into