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Texas may have won a big battle against Obamacare in court. But it could cost the state billions in lost subsidies, leave a million Texans without insurance and turn health systems upside down. And if the state has any plan to deal with a world without Obamacare, it’s a very well-kept secret. (Rayasam, 1/23)

Less than 24 hours after Gov. Tony Evers told a statewide audience he is directing the state's attorney general to withdraw Wisconsin from a lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act, he reversed himself. Evers in his first State of the State address Tuesday said he "fulfilled a promise I made to the people of Wisconsin by directing Attorney General (Josh) Kaul to withdraw from a lawsuit that would gut coverage for 2.4 million Wisconsinites who have pre-existing conditions." (Beck and Marley, 1/23)

House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard Neal (D-Mass.) will hold a hearing next week on protecting Americans with pre-existing conditions. The hearing will be one of the committee's first since Democrats regained the majority. No other information about the hearing, including who will testify, has been announced yet. (Hellmann, 1/22)