The fight to save the Affordable Care Act met stiff resistance on Tuesday from a panel of federal appeals court judges, who questioned whether the law's command that Americans buy health insurance is constitutional.
The fight to save the Affordable Care Act met stiff resistance on Tuesday from a panel of federal appeals court judges, who questioned whether the law's command that Americans buy health insurance is constitutional.
"Why is a command not a command?" Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod said as she pressed attorney Samuel Siegel, who is representing 20 Democrat-led states defending the ACA."If this is no longer a tax, then what happens?""You are violating the law," Elrod interjected. Letter argued that Congress in 2017 made clear it wants to keep most of Obamacare in place, even while zeroing out the mandate. He pointed to lawmakers' multiple votes to keep the law despite Republican opposition.
Hawkins, representing 18 states including Texas, backed by the Trump administration, said the entire law needs to be thrown out.
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