The Supreme Court’s third major ruling on the law — which, like other decisions, did not endorse the statute’s policies — comes as the law’s popularity is at a high point. About 53 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of the law in May, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, while 35 percent had an unfavorable opinion.
“Yet again, Republican ideological fantasies to turn back the clock on American health care have been defeated. This ill-begotten lawsuit was filed with one goal in mind: throw the American health care system into chaos,” Senate Finance Chair Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said in a statement. “Now that this tired crusade has once again failed, it is time for Congress to get to work building on the strides that have already been taken to make health care in America affordable and accessible for all.”
Several health care industry groups had urged the Supreme Court to uphold the law in amicus briefs filed before the November oral arguments. Hospitals, physicians, insurers and others stood to lose financially if the law had been overturned.
“With yet another court decision upholding the ACA now behind us, we remain committed to strengthening the current law and look forward to policymakers advancing solutions to improve the ACA,” Gerald Harmon, president of the American Medical Association, said in a statement that used the law’s acronym.
Chip Kahn, president of the Federation of American Hospitals, noted that more Americans have gained insurance coverage through the exchanges set up under the law during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services said this week that more than 1.2 million people have signed up for coverage since the beginning of a current special enrollment period that the Biden administration opened in February.
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