Sophie Novack on Twitter: "The Trump administration is asking the judge to eliminate pre-existing condition protections, but not until January -- when open enrollment has ended, and *incidentally* midterms are over. https://t.co/yMARF4hlcK… https://t.co/jKPc5oHKmP"

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The Trump administration is asking the judge to eliminate pre-existing condition protections, but not until January -- when open enrollment has ended, and *incidentally* midterms are over. https://www.texasobserver.org/pre-existing-conditions-paxton-aca-trump-lawsuit/ …https://twitter.com/nicholas_bagley/status/1054353855784329216 …

Nicholas BagleyVerified account @nicholas_bagley

The Texas judge who's primed to eliminate the ACA's protections for preexisting conditions has been sitting on his opinion for six weeks now. My money? The judge is waiting until after the midterms because he knows that bad ACA headlines would hurt Republicans at the polls.

2:44 PM - 22 Oct 2018