Leaders from several states vowed appeals to stave off the consequences to health care after a district judge from Texas ruled that when Congress eliminated the penalty for not buying health insurance, the individual mandate was no longer constitutional under Congress' taxation powers, The Los Angeles Times reported.

CMS administrator Seema Verna said though the decision renders the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional, “pending the appeal process, the law remains in place” in a tweet shortly after U.S. District Court Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision was announced on Friday.