"As of Jan. 1 ... [c]ompanies faced up to $100 per day in penalties for selling plans to people without other health insurance coverage that meets the [ACA's] minimum requirements.... U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth sided with the insurers ... calling the government's reasoning 'counterintuitive.' He said it provided 'a recipe for eluding judicial review' in which an agency could issue a rule that puts companies out of business, not enforce it to avoid any challenges and then replace the rule with a new one that still keeps companies out of business." [Central United Life, Inc. v. Burwell, No. 14-1954 (D.D.C. Sept. 11, 2015)]

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