Full DC Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear Obamacare

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In July 2014, a three-judge panel from the D.C. Circuit Court ruled that people in the 36 states that use the federal health insurance exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act are ineligible for subsidized insurance. HuffPost's Ryan Grim and Jeffrey Young have more on that earlier decision here.

 

Written by The Associated Press:

 

The same July day the D.C. Circuit Court panel ruled on Halbig, a Virginia federal appeals

 panel ruled the opposite way on an identical case.

 

The plaintiffs in the D.C. case requested the Supreme Court to take on the case in August. 

 

According to the Wall Street Journal's Brent Kendall, oral arguments will be heard in December 2014.

 

The federal appeals court in Washington threw out a ruling Thursday that called into question the subsidies that help millions of low- and middle-income people afford their premiums under the president's health care law.

 

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia granted an Obama administration request to have its full complement of judges re-hear a challenge to regulations that allow health insurance tax credits under the Affordable Care Act for consumers in all 50 states.