The state of Pennsylvania is now part of a lawsuit to protect subsidies for people covered by the Affordable Care Act.. Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro said the commonwealth has joined 15 other states taking legal action to maintain the payments.

 

According to state officials, the funding helps about one million Pennsylvanians afford health insurance coverage under the ACA. 

 

In the underlying legal case, the U.S. House of Representatives sued the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) during the Obama Administration, challenging the legality of ongoing cost-sharing subsidies under the ACA. A district court judge ruled in favor of the House, but that ruling was appealed in order to protect Americans’ access to health care, and the payments were permitted to continue during the appeal. 

 

“If this attempt to destabilize the health care market succeeds, it would have a devastating impact on Pennsylvania families, our economy and the health care market in our commonwealth,” Shapiro said.