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House GOP finally files lawsuit against Obama over healthcare law

By McClatchy Washington Bureau  
   November 24, 2014

Republicans in the House of Representatives filed their long-delayed lawsuit against the Obama administration Friday over the Affordable Care Act. The lawsuit in the U.S. District Court in the District of Columbia was filed against the secretaries of Health and Human Services and the Treasury Department and focuses on two key aspects of the healthcare law. It alleges that the administration unlawfully postponed a provision that requires large businesses to pay a penalty if they don?t offer basic health insurance to their workers. It also challenges what Republicans say is an estimated $175 billion in payments to insurance companies over the next 10 years.

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