Obamacare

Attorney General Ashley Moody says her office respects “the ruling and authority of the court” but defended her involvement in the suit, saying “my office will always push back on any federal overreach."

The 7-2 decision threw out the challenge to the law, saying Texas and other objecting GOP-dominated states were not required to pay anything under the mandate provision and thus lacked standing.

More than 500,000 people nationally have signed up for Obamacare through March 31 since the special enrollment period began. Of those, more than 146,000 were in Florida.

The enrollment period will now end Aug. 15. The president was in Ohio to celebrate the anniversary of the health care bill and to promote the $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

With 61,737 people enrolling from Feb. 15 to 28, the state accounted for nearly 30 percent of the new enrollment and far outpaced other states.

Florida Covering Kids & Families was one of 30 “navigators” nationwide to receive additional federal funding for a 2021 special enrollment period.

Job changes caused by the pandemic meant people who normally relied on employer-sponsored insurance needed a new way to get coverage.

Florida leads the nation in enrollment and plan selection. Texas, with more than 471,000 , was second in November, Enrollment will end Dec. 15.

Anyone with lingering effects of COVID-19 should be extra careful in picking a 2021 plan, specialists say. You now have a preexisting condition. We offer some navagating tips.

At least two of the court's conservative justices seemed to suggest the law should stand whether or not the individual mandate is found unconstitutional.

There would be enormous consequences were the court to throw out the ACA, which has survived twice in the high court. But the court's makeup is very different now than on those past occasions.

Job losses caused by the pandemic are driving more people to the Obamacare marketplace. But some are concerned the Supreme Court could dismantle the law and leave them without coverage.