Attorney General Bill Barr had urged the White House to soften its attack on the law during the pandemic.
President Donald Trump on Wednesday said his administration will urge the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare, maintaining its all-out legal assault on the health care law amid a pandemic that will drive millions of more Americans to depend on its coverage.
The Justice Department has a Wednesday deadline to file a brief in a case brought by Republican-led states. Trump told reporters Wednesday afternoon his administration will stand by its position.DOJ did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The Supreme Court is expected to hear the case during its next term starting in October, but it hasn't scheduled arguments yet. A decision is unlikely before the Nov. 3 election. The court has previously upheld Obamacare in two major challenges that threatened the law's survival.
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