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House Republicans' lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act will move forward, a federal judge decided Wednesday.
U.S. District Court Judge Rosemary Collyer in Washington ruled that the House of Representatives has standing to sue over its allegation that the administration is illegally spending money that Congress never appropriated for the law's cost-sharing provisions, which include reduced deductibles, copays and coinsurance for some beneficiaries.
Judge Collyer wrote that if that allegation is true “the House has been injured in a concrete and particular way that is traceable to the Secretaries and remediable in court.”
Many experts have speculated that the argument could pose a serious threat to the health care law.
Judge Collyer also wrote, however, that the House does not have standing to sue over a different allegation that the administration had no right to delay the law's employer mandate, which requires companies with 50 or more employees to provide coverage or be liable for a hefty penalty.
Lisa Schencker writes for Modern Healthcare, a sister publication of Business Insurance.
A federal appeals court decided Friday it will not rehear a case considered one of the last significant legal challenges to President Obama’s signature health care reform law.