Trump administration urges court to topple Obamacare
Summary
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s administration told the Supreme Court that the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) is invalid, including its protections for people with preexisting conditions. Filing a brief late Thursday in a case the court is set to hear around the time of the November election, the administration said “the entire ACA thus must fall” because of a tax law change made by the Republican-controlled Congress in 2017. Trump’s presumptive opponent in the November election, Democrat Joe Biden, said earlier Thursday that the president would let insurers drop coverage for people with asthma, diabetes, cancer and complications from COVID-19. On a media call Thursday, senior congressional Democrats said Republicans have no alternative to fully protect people with preexisting conditions or prevent tens of millions from losing their insurance. The suit has proved awkward for GOP Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, who has come under fire from Democrats for voting for the 2017 tax overhaul that eliminated the mandate penalty, without which there would be no case.