September 30, 2014
An Oklahoma federal judge on Tuesday shot down an Internal Revenue Service rule providing Affordable Care Act tax credits to consumers on federally run health exchanges, echoing an earlier D.C. Circuit ruling that the agency regulation contradicts the statute.
February 19, 2014
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt asked an Oklahoma federal court Wednesday to rule against the Obama administration's implementation of the Affordable Care Act for allegedly contradicting itself by levying unfair Internal Revenue Service penalties on states.
August 12, 2013
An Oklahoma federal judge on Monday refused to dismiss the state's lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act, ruling that Oklahoma had standing to challenge a rule under which businesses are fined if they don't provide health insurance to their employees.
March 06, 2013
An Oklahoma federal judge on Monday rejected a motion by a Texas-based restaurant chain to intervene in the state of Oklahoma's challenge to Affordable Care Act health insurance subsidies, saying the case should be resolved soon.
January 28, 2013
Oklahoma on Friday blasted the federal government's attempt to derail its Affordable Care Act challenge, saying it's protecting its own sovereign rights rather than its residents' by contesting federal subsidies for health insurance premiums purchased via state-based exchanges and not their federal counterparts.
December 04, 2012
In an attempt to knock down another state challenge to the Affordable Care Act, the federal government said in a motion to dismiss Monday that the state of Oklahoma lacks standing to challenge the act's federal subsidies for health insurance premiums.
September 20, 2012
The state of Oklahoma on Wednesday filed a new legal challenge related to the health care overhaul's employer mandate, accusing the Obama administration of overstepping the law by making insurance premium subsidies available on both federal and state-based exchanges.