NEW tonight: Trump administration files a brief asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the entirety of the law must be struck down with it. https://www.supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/19/19-840/146406/20200625205555069_19-840bsUnitedStates.pdf …
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This position is out of step with Trump’s frequent rhetoric that he will protect preexisting conditions. The brief calls for the opposite and he has not offered a replacement plan that addresses the issue.
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This would also lead to ~20 million Americans losing their health insurance in the middle of a pandemic without a replacement plan, let alone one with a chance of becoming law. There’s a reason many congressional Republicans want to drop this issue.
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My story tonight for
@NBCNews: Trump administration asks Supreme Court to strike down Obamacare amid pandemic, recessionhttps://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-strike-down-obamacare-amid-pandemic-n1232203 …Show this thread -
I know there’s a lot going on but in terms of electoral consequences this might be the biggest news of the summer.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-strike-down-obamacare-amid-pandemic-n1232203 …
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In a late-night brief, Trump’s Solicitor General tells SCOTUS the ACA individual mandate is now unconstitutional and that it’s “not severable from the rest of the Act.” Translation: The insurance regulations, subsidies and Medicaid expansion must also go.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-strike-down-obamacare-amid-pandemic-n1232203 …
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Now is a good time to point out that the five justices who upheld ACA against a constitutional challenge in 2012 are still on the court: Roberts, Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan.https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-strike-down-obamacare-amid-pandemic-n1232203 …
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*I should say mostly upheld. Three of those justices substantially limited the ACA’s impact by making the Medicaid expansion optional.
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The White House is out with a statement this morning blasting the ACA and calling on Congress to work with the Trump to replace it. The president has not endorsed an alternative. W/
@GeoffRBennett:https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-administration-asks-supreme-court-strike-down-obamacare-amid-pandemic-n1232203 …Show this thread
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Trump in 2016: What do you have to lose?”
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