Battle Over Pre-Existing Conditions Imperils Republicans

[DonViejo]

Matthew Chapman

September 19, 2018 2:43 am

Republican state attorneys general thought they had a perfect way to flex their muscles after the GOP tax scam bill was passed: sue to overturn the Affordable Care Act’s protections for pre-existing conditions, on the premise that the regulations are not “severable” from the individual mandate — which Republicans are again arguing is unconstitutional.

The suit is completely meritless and has been derided as ridiculous by even conservative legal scholars, but the Texas federal judge who heard the case appears inclined to let it move forward, so it could well work its way through the courts.

Whatever ends up happening with the case, however, Politico reports that it has had one key consequence: it has thrown many of the elected attorneys general who backed it into political jeopardy:

With a blue wave already forecast for this November’s midterm elections, and the battle over the Affordable Care Act now playing out in the courts rather than in Congress, Democrats seeking to claim as many as a half dozen attorney general seats are using a lawsuit brought by 20 Republican AGs to abolish Obamacare as a political battering ram — highlighting its threat to the health law’s popular protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

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http://www.nationalmemo.com/battle-over-pre-existing-conditions-imperils-republicans/

[greymattermom]

1. The preexisting condition list is long,

and it includes things like allergies. Sneeze once and goodbye health care. With women motivated to vote, this issue will increase the turn out even more.