The pseudonym "Philo Vaihinger" has been abandoned. All posts have been and are written by me, Joseph Auclair.

Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Tired of winning, yet?

Trump Officials Broaden Attack on Health Law, Arguing Courts Should Reject All of It

His moron voters will be thrilled.

Fucked, and thrilled.

'Cause he so has their back.

Remember when Republicans vowed to be the party to protect pre-existing condition coverage?

After the president and Republicans repeatedly promised to protect people with pre-existing conditions, the Trump administration on Monday evening said it supports a federal judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional, adding that it will seek to repeal the sweeping health care law in its entirety.

The Justice Department filed a brief letter in the conservative U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit telling the court that it agrees with Judge Reed O’Connor, who last year handed down an opinion purporting to strike down the entire health law. 

The move would eliminate health care coverage for tens of millions of people and put Medicaid expansion programs for low-income Americans in jeopardy.

The news follows months of campaigning by Republicans ahead of the 2018 midterm elections during which candidates vowed to safeguard people’s health care, specifically positioning the GOP as the party that would protect the approximately 52 million Americans living with pre-existing conditions.

“Republicans will totally protect people with Pre-Existing Conditions, Democrats will not! Vote Republican,” President Donald Trump tweeted two weeks before the election. 

Weeks before, he had insisted that “all Republicans support people with pre-existing conditions,” while “Democrats will destroy your Medicare.”

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