Trump Administration Outlines Case to Strike Down Obamacare

The Trump administration has revealed its legal argument against the Affordable Care Act, claiming Congress rendered the law unconstitutional by removing the individual mandate. The individual mandate imposed a penalty on American who do not have health insurance, but was removed the the ACA by Congress in 2017. The Justice Department argues, since Congress included findings that said the individual mandate was necessary for the law’s protections for people with preexisting conditions, the entire law cannot function without it. Assistant Attorney General Joseph Hunt wrote in the filing to the…

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