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Obamacare returns to court in a new test for the 2010 law and millions who rely on it

WASHINGTON - The long national legal war over the Affordable Care Act will resume in a Texas courtroom Wednesday as a federal judge hears arguments in a new lawsuit seeking to wipe out the 2010 law, often called Obamacare.

If successful, the suit - brought by 20 Republican governors and state attorneys general - could upend health coverage for tens of millions of Americans who have come to depend on the law.

At the same time, the case is emerging as a major flashpoint ahead of the fall midterm elections as Democrats highlight Republican efforts to roll back the law and its protections for

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