Fifth Circuit Resumes ACA Legal Challenge Post-Shutdown

Health Leaders: After putting the case on hold during the federal government's partial shutdown, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals resumed proceedings Tuesday in a legal dispute over the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act.

U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, ruled last month that the ACA's individual mandate was rendered unconstitutional by Congress zeroing out its tax penalty.

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