It’s rare for the Justice Department to decline to defend a federal law
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has told a federal appeals court it wants the entire Affordable Care Act struck down, an outcome that could leave millions uninsured and revive a winning political issue for Democrats.
“Donald Trump and Republicans are obsessed with taking health care away from millions of Americans,” Democratic Party Chairman Tom Perez said in a statement Tuesday. “It is an indisputable fact that the Affordable Care Act has saved lives, and Democrats will do everything in our power to protect it.”
The Supreme Court has twice upheld the Obama-era law. Five justices — a majority — who upheld the law in 2012 are still on the bench. They are Chief Justice John Roberts and the court’s four liberals. President Donald Trump has never given up on repealing “Obamacare,” and is still complaining about the vote by the late GOP Sen. John McCain of Arizona that saved the law. The latest Trump administration budget also calls for repeal. But that possibility was foreclosed when Democrats won control of the House in last year’s midterm elections.
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