Obama’s HHS just argued this week that the term “state” allows them to exclude territories (Guam, Puerto Rico, etc.) from the ACA/Obamacare: “The definition of “state” in the Public Health Service Act indicates that the ACA market rules don’t apply to the territories, HHS wrote.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/07/17/the-administration-just-took-obamacare-away-from-the-territories/
Public Health Service Act of 1944.
If relevant context of termss used in ACA extends past the ACA to other acts, then by the ssame logic a “State” must mean a State as defined in all those other acts.
Hopefully Halbig plaintiffs can have some fun and quote this in their upcoming appellate filings...