What You Need To Know About The Affordable Care Act After Texas Ruling
A federal judge in Texas rules the ACA is unconstitutional. What does this mean for American healthcare, and who will be affected?
The Affordable Care Act faces a new legal challenge after a federal judge in Texas ruled the law unconstitutional on Friday. The decision risks throwing the nation's health care system into turmoil should it be upheld on appeal. But little will be different in the meantime.
"Nothing changes for now," says Julie Rovner, chief Washington correspondent of Kaiser Health News.
"If you need. "If you're in one of the several states where it's extended where you can sign up through January, you have time to do that too."
