The Justice Department added:"The individual mandate is not severable from the rest of the Act."
The brief includes a section pointedly arguing that the Affordable Care Act's pre-existing condition rules must be overturned as well. Those rules forbid insurers from turning away customers or charging them more on the basis of factors like age, gender and health status. The position contradicts Trump's insistence that he will protect people with pre-existing conditions.
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., the chair of the Senate health committee, has called the Justice Department's position"far-fetched." The case is seen by legal experts as a long shot. Five justices who upheld Obamacare against a constitutional challenge in 2012 remain on the court — Chief Justice John Roberts and the four liberal-leaning members.“President Trump and the Republicans’ campaign to rip away the protections and benefits of the Affordable Care Act in the middle of the coronavirus crisis is an act of unfathomable cruelty," she said in a statement Thursday night.
The cruelty is the point.
When you thought it couldn’t get any worse 😢😢
MiaFarrow Many of my poor Trump neighbors have Obamacare.
What numb-skull would try to take health insurance from 20,000,000 people during a pandemic? On the news, the Trump Administration filed a case at the Supreme Court yesterday to end Obamacare . Covid_19 coronavirus VoteBlue2020
If you think he wants to protect us, if you think the GOP wants us to have any kind of comprehensive health care, you are wrong.
An absolute disaster is brewing and Trump will not be in office for it. He is trying to destroy America. He will then blame these failures on anyone he can. Of course they will continue to lie while Americans die.
The 'recession' is because of the 5000% inaccurate WHO predictions that Faulci pushed! The curve was incredibly flattened. The mortality rate continues to drop! Coronavirus lies
There’s a special place in hell....
Obamacare was a disaster, and this is coming from a person who was on it!
The feds don't care about us. We need help😫 roughly 800 medical care givers murdered not by coronavirus. There's a man-made evil going on in the world but who cares to know the truth?😓😓
his is false. Please read these CDC articles just published this month. COVID NUMBERS HAVE BEEN INFLATED.
The Bible says the devil didn't come to make us a little sick, he came to kill us. Is everybody seeing what I see? In the midst of illness everywhere, somebody who is supposed to look out for us wants to make sure we can't get healthcare or medicine. Where my Evangelicals at?
Chinese government propaganda
Kick the Marxist Terrorist Democrats in the teeth
I thought this was settled? How many times can you ask for a law to be revoked before it can't be brought up in court anymore!? Our whole government needs an overhaul. We already found out that if the Senate's split, the President has Absolute Power & the House is powerless!
This is a satanic administration.
VOTERS! REMEMBER THAT NOT ONLY THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS ARE AT STAKE! THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS ALSO AT THE HEART THAT CAN TURN THIS NATION INTO A COMPLETE RIGHT WING FASCIST JUDICIAL 'JUSTICE' SYSTEM! VOTE BIDEN! E.F. Mohammed Martinez - I Remain Defiant To The Death!
Obamacare is illegal
Trumpis the Heartbreak of America
They should, can you say Otraitor overstepped his bounds. Illegal Obummer care.
He knows no bottom. Yank healthcare from millions during a pandemic? It's hard to believe that a person so loathsome became POTUS.
PresideathTrump
Donald strikes again. Hey, Donald, we’re in a pandemic. Perhaps you don’t know that because you don’t believe in science. What a dolt!
joe says over 196 Millions will die from this
And the SenateGOP HouseGOP and realDonaldTrump claim they want to improve America’s health care system. We’re already rated 35th, GOP wants our rating to be 135th. GOP Veracity— 0
another blunder by Trump. he is on a sinking ship and has just set it on fire ! btw: does anyone know if obamacare is covering the costs for covid treatments?
Where's our free testing?
Trump is so Jealous of Obama, our best President Ever Obama Obamacare coronavirus
Biden just sitting back letting this guy screw himself is my favorite part of 2020.
This will kill tens of thousands. No qualifiers, no 'ifs' or 'some suggest' or any of the usual nonsense. If successful this is the murder of at LEAST tens of thousands and we shouldn't call it anything less.
Doesn’t seem like good politics. It certainly isn’t good policy.
Does your Boss control your healthcare?
In this unprecedented time, pls take care of your loved ones by deadly virus, buy affordable masks hand gloves here👇
Heartless narcissist
I like how NBC finds it odd that someone would chose to do the right thing over votes, that is why this country is in the mess it is in. Because politicians want to stay in power and are willing to give away anything to the loudest whiners. which seem to always be right here
This will win it for you, realDonaldTrump 🙄
And he wonders why he’s so disliked . He probably never cried in his life, stone cold
The Trump scorched earth policy. Don’t be surprised if he burns the White House down before this is over.
This virus has done one thing it has shown how badly we need universal health care in the US.
Great...Supreme Court is going to screw us over again.
Obamacare has saved $2.3 trillion in healthcare costs. This can be reduced by finding out why prescription drugs cost 60% more in the US than elsewhere in the world.
You mean BigPharma and The Insurance Industry Over Patients because that is what Obamacare was forced third rate health insurance at ridiculously high prices
Trump is a murderer and this makes it premeditation!
Yes that’s it! We have a pandemic so let’s cut healthcare for ALL these people and see how we can screw them even more! Please continue to show them the American People how much YOU SUCK trump!!! nov3rddefeattheturd
Yeah, real patriotic. Screwing Americans amid a national health crisis and during a national emergency.
Now there's a winning strategy for re-election. NOT.
boo realDonaldTrump
I think that would tell you everything you need to know about Donald Trump
It's about time
with no back up plan either!!!...
There is a sick need in Trump to undo all things Obama. This urge is so strong he is willing to sacrifice millions of people and billions of dollars to it. He’s not right in the head and we need to be ready for worse as he plummets toward the election.
RepublicansAreKillingUs
not the time for personal vendettas. people need healthcare.
Fantastic!
Obamacare SUCKS
Has any President lost more SC cases than Trump? His ignorance of the constitution been a joy to watch
Donald Trump left our country unprepared, weaker, sicker, and unprotected for the worst public health and economic crisis in our lifetime — and now we're paying the price on the verge of a new Great Depression.
For months, our country and the world have suffered through the COVID-19 pandemic. More than 122,000 Americans have lost their lives and tens of millions of workers are unemployed — and we’ve been hurt far worse because of Donald Trump's inability to lead.
The fuck is this guys problem?
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This guy is sick somewhere... 🙄
I'm already burning
KGWNews It's called the ACA..
HE SHOULD HAVE DID IT A LONG TIME AGO.
Obamacare was unconstitutional. The mandate was a punishment for those who refused it and didn’t want the healthcare. No one should be forced or punished for not taking a government handout. And they tied it to the IRS. Obamacare is a federal crime against a free society.
Good morning hommies, I will be liking all your comments,follow for a quick follow back.
Stupid evil man. Hoping they don't do it.
realDonaldTrump GOP SenateDems HouseDemocrats so I’ve been furloughed indefinitely which means that when I hit the 7 week mark my health insurance goes COBRA- and so will the extra $600 a weekand no one seems to give a damn! ewarren katieporteroc KamalaHarris JoeBiden
KGWNews
realDonaldTrump is a monster and a criminal! Lock him up for treason! TrumpOut2020
NBC IS FAKE HERE ARE WHAT REAL PEOPLE THINK
KGWNews Didn't they already veto a request by him back in 2019 Get this guy out of the WhiteHouse! VoteOutHate VoteBlueToSaveAmerica
Guess what lisamurkowski if this does happen. It will because you failed the Nation when you voted NOT GUILTY.
End ACA End DACA End support for testing sites End support for US Asylum And the list goes on...it’s clear he’s single handedly burning America down🔥 Who’s agenda is this AmericaOrTrump
Fake news!
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KGWNews This is the opposite of the smart move. Or the right move. Or the moral move.
In the midst of a pandemic! 🤯 my head hurts.
Dear Selfish Americans- It's possible for a person without insurance to pass the virus or other communicable disease on to someone without insurance. I've heard people with insurance die from viruses too.
Stop blindly believing everything the media says, research both sides and think for yourself!
This isn't news. It's a political campaign for the democrats.
GOOD
Right cuz all of this talk about Obamacare is brand spanking new! Just came up during coronavirus! How weird?! You know, the unconstitutional mandate, the Cadillac tax, the tripling of premiums for 'regular' folks, people being kicked off their insurance. Yep. Just happened!
It shouldn’t be a problem if the ACA is legal right?
The 'affordable' care act..no one could afford..🙄😂
Cruelty for the sake of cruelty.
Shocking... not
So far, much to Trumps surprise, Roberts always rules against him and as long as RBG keeps going he'll lose this time too. But this shows why we have to vote that prick out! SCOTUS judges!
Ignore this. He’s just trying to freak people out. He’s intentionally letting COVID numbers climb to create frustration then threatening to cancel people’s health insurance to make people panic. He’s engineering a massive distraction to force democrats to split their attention.
Because we haven't had enough people die. TrumpKillsUS
This man still have die hard supporters even in the US congress, academic institutions, judiciary, scientific institutions, well, may be he paused testing their mental well being, else number of lunatics would rise higher
The GOP has zero soul
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Of course he would to stop paying for Coronavirus testing to shut it down.
It’s almost as if the racist in the WH is trying to lose 🤔. Good riddance!!
Vultures.
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