Democrats focus Pennsylvania campaign on existential threat to health law
WASHINGTON — For almost four years, Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., had told anyone who will listen — sometimes smaller audiences than he would prefer — that he believes the Affordable Care Act faces existential threats. President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress, he warned, have attempted to repeal the decade-old health law and chipped away at its coverage and consumer protections.
After the death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18, Mr. Casey suddenly found national attention on his biggest issue as Democrats scramble to illustrate to voters, in the final five-week stretch of the 2020 campaign, the dangers of a third Trump nominee confirmed, which would mean a 6-3 conservative majority on the high court.
In Pennsylvania, Mr. Casey, a top supporter of former Vice President Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, will deliver a message of imminent doom: One week after Election Day, the Supreme Court will hear a lawsuit, backed by the Trump administration, that seeks to vacate the ACA entirely.
The Supreme Court nominee “will be the deciding vote on health care,” Mr. Casey said in an interview last week, noting 1 million Pennsylvanians have gained health coverage and 5.5 million have pre-existing conditions protected by the law. “These are big stakes.”
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