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Validity of Obama health care law at issue in appeal hearing

By KEVIN McGILL and RE- al directive to U.S. citizens
BECCA SANTANA to buy a product.
Associated Press It was unclear when the
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — With three-judge panel would
health insurance availabil- rule. In December, a Tex-
ity for millions of Americans as-based federal judge
on the line, supporters of agreed with the lawsuit,
President Barack Obama’s filed by a coalition of 18
signature health care law Republican-leaning states
asked a federal appeals with some backing from
court Tuesday to conclude the Trump administration.
that the law is still valid The appeal in front of the
even though Congress circuit court in New Orleans
eliminated a tax it imposed was filed by a California-
on people who don’t buy led group of 20 Democrat-
insurance. ic-leading states and the
The arguments presented House of Representatives,
before a three-judge panel whose attorneys faced in-
of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court tense and seemingly skep-
of Appeals marked the lat- tical questions from two of
est development in a 2018 the panel’s judges Tues-
lawsuit that claims the ab- day. In this Jan. 7, 2015, file photo, a man walks in front of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New
sence of a tax converts the Orleans.
law into an unconstitution- Continued on Page 4 Associated Press

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