The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday
declined to hear a new challenge to President Barack Obama's healthcare
law that took aim at a bureaucratic board labeled by some Republicans
as a "death panel" because it was designed to cut Medicare costs.
The high court left intact a ruling by the San
Francisco-based 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that threw out the
lawsuit.
The
court’s action in an unsigned order was a victory for Obama
administration, which has faced a barrage of legal challenges to the
2010 Affordable Care Act, often called Obamacare. The court is currently
weighing a separate case challenging health insurance subsidies that
are key to Obamacare’s implementation. A ruling is due by the end of
June.
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