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On January 15, 2014, the Affordable Care Act won a very important legal victory in Halbig v. Sebelius. Judge Paul Friedman of the District Court for the District of Columbia held that the ACA unambiguously supports an IRS regulation allowing the agency to issue premium tax credits to individuals enrolled through federal, as well as state, exchanges.
This is the first ruling in a series of challenges to the IRS rule brought by individuals and employers in the District of Columbia and Virginia, as well as the attorneys general of Oklahoma and Indiana. The plaintiffs have already reportedly appealed Judge Friedman’s decision, but his reasoning is persuasive, and I expect that not only will his decision be upheld but that the judges in the other cases will follow his reasoning.
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