The full D.C. Circuit Court of
Appeals has agreed to re-hear the case of Halbig v. Burwell.
In July, a three-judge panel from the D.C. Circuit
Court ruled that people in the 36 states that use the federal health insurance
exchange as part of the Affordable Care Act are ineligible for subsidized
insurance. HuffPost's Ryan Grim and Jeffrey Young have more on that earlier
decision here.
The same July day the D.C. Circuit Court panel
ruled on Halbig, a Virginia federal appeals
panel ruled the opposite way on
an identical case. The plaintiffs in
the D.C. case requested the Supreme Court to take on the case in August. according to the
Wall Street Journal's Brent Kendall, oral arguments will be heard in December.
The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia granted an Obama administration request to have its full complement
of judges re-hear a challenge to regulations that allow health insurance tax
credits under the Affordable Care Act for consumers in all 50 states.
The announcement diminishes the prospect of Supreme
Court review of the issue in the near term. The initial 2-1 appeals court
ruling in Washington came out the same day that a panel of appellate judges in
Richmond, Virginia, unanimously sided with the administration on the same
issue.
The health law's opponents had hoped that the split
rulings would lead the high court to take up the issue soon.
Now, the argument in the federal courthouse just a
few blocks from the Supreme Court will take place on December 17.
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