Supreme Court to consider four Obamacare challenges this week

In a private conference on Tuesday, the nine Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court will consider four potential challenges to the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Experts believe at least one case will be accepted by the Court, to be argued and decided in its current term next year.

healthcareSome Court watchers believe the case that has the best chance of getting its day in front of the Justices is Sebelius v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc.

There are three other cases under consideration that could also be accepted and combined with the Hobby Lobby case: Autocam Corp. v. Sebelius; Conestoga Wood Specialties Corp. v. Sebelius; and Liberty University v. Lew.

In the Hobby Lobby case, the national hobby and crafts chain store has petitioned the Court to take on the Obamacare birth control mandate that applies to for-profit companies. The Obama administration also has asked the Court to take up the Hobby Lobby case.

The central issue in the Hobby Lobby case is if the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 allows a for-profit corporation to deny employees health insurance coverage related to contraceptives, because of the religious objections of the company’s owners.

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