The Federal Government Abandons the Most Popular Part of the ACA
The Justice Department won’t defend Obamacare’s preexisting-conditions provision in court—the latest in the administration’s assault on the law.
President Trump’s administration hasn’t lacked for innovative ways to disrupt the Affordable Care Act. Now it’s found another. Facing who want the entire law overturned, the Justice Department announced late Thursday that it won’t defend a core ACA provision in court: the guarantee of coverage for preexisting conditions. In , the department essentially agreed with much of the lawsuit’s rationale, which is that recent legislation has voided most of the ACA’s most important provisions. While it’s unclear whether this unusual decision by the DOJ will help
