Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law

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We’ve already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous. Now there’s a new complication: It may also violate international law.

The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation into whether repealing the Affordable Care Act without an adequate substitute for the millions who would lose health coverage would be a violation of several international conventions that bind the United States. It turns out that the notion that “health care is a right” is more than just a Democratic talking point.

A confidential, five-page “urgent appeal” from the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights in Geneva, sent to the Trump administration, cautions that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act could put the United States at odds with its international obligations. The Feb. 2 memo, which I obtained Tuesday, was sent to the State Department and expresses “serious concern” about the prospective loss of health coverage for almost 30 million people, which could violate “the right to social security of the people in the United States.”

The letter urges that “all necessary interim measures be taken to prevent the alleged violations” and asks that, if the “allegations” proved correct, there be “adequate measure to prevent their occurrence as well as to guarantee the accountability of any person responsible.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/apparently-repealing-obamacare-could-violate-international-law/2017/04/25/2794a77c-29f4-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.09672171a405

[Vinca]

1. Republicans don't care. They're too busy worrying about some poor person collecting an extra dime

of benefits they might not be entitled to. Their lives are focused on one thing and one thing only: $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$. For them.

[sarge43]

2. They don't a damn about our laws; why should they care about international ones? n/t

[tenorly]

3. To the GOP's mind, that's just another good reason to do it,

Nothing delights them more than violating international law.

[Saviolo]

4. As far as the GOP is concerned

That's just another reason to leave or disband the UN. Their open disdain for the UN has been clear for years.

[NewRedDawn]

5. We are now a Rouge State.

[jayschool2013]

6. Rouge State

Apparently, we have been since 2003, at least.

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[IronLionZion]

7. They'll probably exit the UN anyway

Honey Badger don't care about US law, let alone international law.

[JudyM]

8. We have to rely on the rest of the world to help us because our politicians don't give a rip.

And the ones that do have very little power to do anything to protect us.