Trump administration steps up Obamacare attack, asks court to overturn law

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U.S. President Donald Trump's administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare health care law, telling a federal appeals court it agrees ...

REUTERS: President Donald Trump's administration has stepped up its attack on the Obamacare healthcare law, telling a federal appeals court it agrees with a ruling by a U.S. judge in Texas that the entire statute is unconstitutional and should be struck down.

O'Connor ruled on a lawsuit brought by a coalition of 20 Republican-led states including Texas, Alabama and Florida that said a Trump-backed change to the U.S. tax code made the law unconstitutional. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said the move to overturn Obamacare will overshadow the Trump administration's portrayal of the conclusion of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election as a victory.

In December, O'Connor ruled that after Trump signed a US$1.5 trillion tax bill passed by Congress last year that eliminated the penalties, the individual mandate could no longer be considered constitutional.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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