Legal Opinion
West Virginia v. United States Department of Health & Human Services
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided October 30, 2015No. Civil No. 1:14-cv-01287 (APM)PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Amit P. Mehta, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
As part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA” or “the Act”), all individual health insurance plans are required to comply with eight federally mandated market requirements, unless a plan qualifies for a “grandfathering” exception. Responsibility for the enforcement of these market requirements is *96shared by the federal government and the States. The ACA does not compel the States to enforce the market requirements, but provides them with the option of doing so if they desire. If a State declines to…
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