AHPs would leave people with lesser or no health insurance coverage while increasing the need to police plans for fraud, Dem AGs argued on Thursday.

The new lawsuit seeks a declaratory judgment that the ACA is constitutional and a court order barring the U.S. from taking any action inconsistent with that conclusion.

First-of-their-kind lawsuits filed in five states accuse the defendants of conspiring, racketeering and creating a public nuisance.

The U.S. Justice Department said it'll argue that it's entitled to a portion of any settlements or judgments in a consolidated case involving more than 300 lawsuits against opioid makers and distributors.

The settlement agreement, details of which werent available in the filings but described as conditional, could pave the way for eventual payment of the cost-sharing reduction payments.