*The orange a-hole in the White House, emboldened by being cleared of collusion charges with Russia by the Mueller report, has set his sights, once again, on dismantling Obamacare.
Specifically, the Trump administration is reversing course on the Affordable Care Act (ACA), looking to strike down the health care law in its entirety.
In a filing with a federal appeals court, the Justice Department said it agreed with a December ruling by a federal judge in Texas that struck down one of the biggest legislative accomplishments of the Obama administration as unconstitutional.
“The Department of Justice has determined that the district court’s judgment should be affirmed,” the Monday night letter said.
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If ObamaCare is repealed, it would likely leave 32 million people without health insurance by 2026, according to a Congressional Budget Office report from 2017 about the effects of repealing the ACA. Average premiums would also likely spike as a result.
“The Department of Justice has determined that the district court’s comprehensive opinion came to the correct conclusion and will support it on appeal,” Kerri Kupec, spokesperson for the Justice Department, said in a statement.
Repealing the ACA has been a longstanding goal of President Trump and Republicans, but they failed to do so in 2017 when the Senate narrowly missed the necessary number of votes.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif, slammed the decision in a tweet on Monday night, calling it an “all out war on affordable, dependable health.”
“In the courts, in the Congress, all across America, Democrats will fight relentlessly to #ProtectOurCare,” she wrote.
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