Litigation Challenging Affordable Care Act
The following table shows the legal decisions made so far in the three most significant health reform lawsuits.
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Florida Lawsuit Florida Attorney General, along with attorneys general and governors in 25 other states, claim the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate violates the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. |
Virginia Lawsuit Lawsuit filed by Virginia's Attorney General, asserting that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional because it requires Virginia to violate its own law prohibiting any requirement that a Virginia resident buy health insurance. |
Michigan Lawsuit The Thomas More Law Center, a non profit law firm, challenged the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate. |
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| District Court Decision | Found the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional |
Found PPACA's individual mandate provision unconstitutional |
Upheld the law’s constitutionality |
| Court of Appeals Decision | Found the individual mandate provision unconstitutional |
Reversed trial court, finding the plaintiffs did not have legal standing to sue |
Upheld the law's constitutionality |
| U.S. Supreme Court | Upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, but said the law cannot require states to expand their Medicaid programs |