The End Of Obamacare Became More Likely With Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Death
to replace Ginsburg on the court. If Republicans are successful, the ACA’s fate could be decided by a majority made up of three Trump appointees — with Justices Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch already on the bench — plus Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas, who make up the rightmost flank of the court.
“Health care is on the ballot. Period,” said Brad Woodhouse, executive director of health advocacy organization Protect Our Care. Typically presidential administrations defend federal laws in court, but the Trump administration sided with the Republican governors in the Obamacare case. In June, the White House filedTrump has for years promised to release an Obamacare replacement plan that would provide better coverage to more people for less cost. He has never released a plan.
Repealing Obamacare would remove the ban on denying or jacking up prices for health insurance to people with pre-existing health conditions. It would repeal the Medicaid expansion, which provides health insurance to millions of low-income Americans.
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