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(HuffPost) More than 20 million Americans are at risk of losing their health insurance.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) Taking a harder line on health care, the Trump administration joined a coalition of Republican-led states Wednesday in asking a federal appeals court to entirely overturn former President Barack Obamas signature health care law a decision that could leave millions uninsured.
Congress rendered the Affordable Care Act completely unconstitutional in 2017 by eliminating an unpopular tax penalty for not having insurance, the administration and GOP states told the court.
The Obamacare opponents hope to persuade the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans to uphold U.S. District Court Judge Reed OConnors ruling late last year striking down the law.
If the ruling is allowed to stand, more than 20 million Americans would be at risk of losing their health insurance, re-igniting a winning political issue for Democrats heading into the 2020 elections. President Donald Trump, who never produced a health insurance plan to replace Obamacare, is now promising one after the elections.
The Trump administration acknowledged it had changed positions in the case. Early on, the administration argued that only certain key parts of the ACA, such as protections for people with pre-existing medical conditions, should be invalidated. But it said other important provisions such as Medicaid expansion, subsidies for premiums and health insurance markets could continue to stand.
Wednesday, the administration said it had reconsidered in light of OConnors ruling. The remaining provisions of the ACA should not be allowed to remain in effect again, even if the government might support some individual positions as a policy matter, the administration wrote in its court filing. (read more)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-obamacare-lawsuit_n_5ccac6aee4b0913d078d30ca
no_hypocrisy
(46,182 posts)Ohiogal
(32,057 posts)It's journalism like this that just drives me crazy! It's not a "hard line"! They want to boot poor people off the system so they're left with NOTHING! Many will die! It's cruel and evil! "Hard line", my ass! It's despicable and cruel!
FM123
(10,054 posts)This kind of cruelty can not be just written off in a "another day in trumpworld" style of reporting...
dalton99a
(81,570 posts)ooky
(8,929 posts)Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Weirdos.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)lose 2020 for trump. Although there are a lot of idiots out there.
kacekwl
(7,021 posts)after 2020.
Merlot
(9,696 posts)between now and 2020 without insurance?
Initech
(100,102 posts)bluestarone
(17,030 posts)republiCONS = DEATH PANEL!
LibFarmer
(772 posts)First they sue over a provision saying it is unconstitutional and then when it is deemed constitutional, they strip that part and now call the rest of the legislation unconstitutional?
Wacky weaselly republicans.