Opponents of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) continue to target its rules that prevent insurance companies from denying coverage to people with preexisting conditions, or refusing to cover services people need to treat such conditions. A lawsuit filed in Texas federal court in February by 20 states seeks to invalidate these and other ACA protections, arguing that Congress’s repeal of the individual mandate penalty has rendered the mandate unconstitutional and, therefore, the rest of the law must be struck down, too. In a new post on To the Point, researchers from Georgetown University note that this would not inhibit states’ ability to enact and enforce their own laws to protect residents.
