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You'd Think A Pandemic Would Halt GOP Attempt To Overturn Obamacare
If the lawsuit is successful, 20 million Americans will lose their healthcare coverage.
By Susie Madrak at Crooks and Liars
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Representatives for five of those attorneys generalfrom the states of Arkansas, Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, and Tennesseeconfirmed to The Daily Beast that the coronavirus outbreak has not changed their plans to try and kill the health care law as parties to the case of Texas v. California. Their steadfastness comes even as their states are beginning to feel the acute impact of the coronavirus spread. Georgia currently has over 1,700 coronavirus cases, while Tennessee has nearly 1,000 and the others have anywhere from 350 to 600.
The other 13 state attorney general offices, including that of lead state Texaswhere the states most populous counties have issued shelter-in-place orders to counter the spread of the coronaviruseither declined to comment or did not respond to requests for comment. None of them have announced any plans to reconsider their participation in the lawsuit.
Their determination to kill the law, no matter the circumstances, mirrors President Trumps. Asked at a press conference last week whether the virus had changed his plans to press ahead in court, Trump affirmed that "what we want to do is terminate it.
If the Trump administration and these states succeed in repealing the ACA, the impact on the countrys public health system would be immense, pandemic or not. That the decision could come early next yearat the tail end or recovery stage of a devastating outbreakgives it a seismic significance for the 20 million Americans covered by the law, the 84 million who are uninsured or under-insured, and the insurers, hospitals, and governments that have adapted to Obamacare over the course of a decade.
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Journeyman
(15,031 posts)it wont allow us keep our doctor. "Gotta keep our corporate provided, private insurance carrier instead, or the world will fall apart." So now the worlds fallen apart and whatta ya know? Not gonna keep your doctor or your insurance.
If we can afford trillions to fight Covid-19, we can afford insurance for all.
SMC22307
(8,090 posts)unlike many of us who have watched them in action for decades.
hangaleft
(649 posts)captain queeg
(10,140 posts)They jumped right on rolling back vehicle emissions. Anything that stinks of global warming will be in the cross hairs. But the big one coming will be cuts to SS and Medicare. Theyll at least try.