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The District Court in Washington, DC's Affordable Care Act Ruling

Following the ruling today out of the District Court in Washington, DC on the Affordable Care Act, Tracy Schmaler, Deputy Director of the Office of Public Affairs released the following statement:
"We welcome this ruling, which marks the third time a court has reviewed the Affordable Care Act on the merits and upheld it as constitutional. This court found -- as two others have previously -- that the minimum coverage provision of the statute was a reasonable measure for Congress to take in reforming our health care system. At the same time, trial courts in additional cases have dismissed numerous challenges to this law on jurisdictional and other grounds. The Department will continue to vigorously defend this law in ongoing litigation.”
For more information on the department's defense of The Affordable Care Act, visit: justice.gov/healthcare
Updated April 7, 2017