ACA Individual Mandate Challenge Parties Tell 5th Circuit Case Remains Live

Mealey's (July 9, 2019, 2:36 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The United States’ change in heart regarding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) after the elimination of the noncompliance penalty does not strip the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals of jurisdiction over the appeal, parties to the suit told the court on July 5 in advance of oral arguments scheduled for July 10 (Texas, et al. v. United States, et al., No. 19-10011, 5th Cir.)....