Affordable Care Act steadfast in face of latest high court challenge
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* Michele Late

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Demonstrators show their support for the ACA in Washington, D.C., in October. Supreme Court justices upheld the ACA in June by dismissing a lawsuit against it.

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APHA applauded the U.S. Supreme Court’s June ruling in *California v. Texas*, which preserved the Affordable Care Act. The seven-justice majority said the plaintiffs lacked standing to sue.

APHA Executive Director Georges Benjamin, MD, called the decision “a big win for the many millions of people who rely on the ACA for access to medical and preventive services and who depend on its landmark patient protections. A ruling against the ACA would have been a devastating blow to the nation’s health, economy and security.”

The Texas case was the third major Supreme Court challenge for the ACA, which was enacted in 2010.

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