Republicans Eye Legislative Fix To End Texas ACA Case, But Dems Balk

Prominent House Republicans are discussing legislation to obviate the ongoing legal threat to the Affordable Care Act by fully repealing the individual coverage requirement, but Democrats are unwilling to tamper with the Obamacare statute and don’t want to make any moves that could threaten the health law or tamper with the ongoing appeals process. By removing the mandate, experts say lawmakers could shoot a hole in a federal judge’s ruling that the mandate, without a penalty, is unconstitutional and that...