The landmark health-care legislation known as Obamacare will face its third test at the Supreme Court this week before the most conservative panel of justices on the bench in decades. The top court will hear arguments on Tuesday in a challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2010.
The case was the primary focus of Democrats during the confirmation hearings for Justice Amy Coney Barrett last month. Democrats warned that confirming Barrett, by providing the court a 6-3 majority of Republican-appointed justices, would effectively doom the legislation.
If the court strikes down the law, more than 20 million Americans could lose the health-care coverage they have received under its provisions. The health-insurance industry, which has built itself around the law for 10 years, could be upended.
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U.S. Supreme Court hears argument challenging Affordable Care Act — 11/10/2020
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