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PPACA subsidies divide appeals courts

Two U.S. appeals courts reached opposite conclusions on the legality of a key financing provision of the Affordable Care Act, increasing the chance of another showdown at the Supreme Court over President Barack Obamas signature health-care law.

By Andrew Zajac | Updated on July 22, 2014
(AP Photo/J. David Ake)

July 22 (Bloomberg) — Two U.S. appeals courts reached opposite conclusions on the legality of a key financing provision of the Affordable Care Act, increasing the chance of another showdown at the Supreme Court over President Barack Obama’s signature health care law.

In majority ruling by judges appointed by Republican presidents, the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington struck down an Internal Revenue Service rule providing tax subsidies to needy customers on the insurance exchange run by federal authorities, saying Congress authorized payments only on state-run marketplaces.

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