Federal Judge Blocks Some Obamacare Changes

A federal judge paused portions of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ planned regulatory changes to the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance marketplace on Friday, just days before they were due to take effect.

U.S. District Judge Brendan Hurson in Baltimore in his ruling sided with a challenge brought by the city of Chicago, the mayor and city council of Baltimore and public health advocates. They said the changes would result in more than 2 million people losing their health insurance coverage by increasing fees and imposing other barriers.