Sixteen democratic lawyers pushed back on Monday against Texas a lawsuit aimed at removing former President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul.
California attorney General Xavier Becerra Led 14 other States and the district of Columbia in filing a petition to intervene in Texas case to enforce the law, suggesting the administration, trump would not take such measures.
“We accept this decision in order to protect the health and financial security of millions of people in our country and billions of dollars of Federal funds that go to our States to make sure that we can afford health care that our families need,” Becerra said at a press conference.
The movement creates a struggle between the Democratic and Republican-Led States, 19 of which came in the Texas case, which was filed in February. He claims that the affordable care Act is no longer valid because of provisions in the Republican-backed tax overhaul that removed the penalties for lack of health insurance.
He also pointed out that prior to the attempted dismantling of the individual mandate of the affordable care act that went all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. The Supreme court upheld the ruling of the mandate constitutional under the taxation powers of Congress.
Last year, the Republican tax legislation overhaul withdrawn financial penalty for not purchasing health insurance starting in 2019. In Texas, the suit alleges that, by removing the monetary penalty, the individual mandate cannot be considered a tax and is therefore unconstitutional.
“After the heart of the ACA — the individual mandate — is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of the chamber must also fall,” Texas wrote in the suit.
The newsletter is distributed by the office of Becerra not specifically the individual mandate argument, saying only that the U.S. Supreme court confirmed, and “no substantive change in the law occurred after”.
His office did not immediately provide a copy of the full motion to intervene.
He and other Democrats argued that killing the affordable care Act will cause “immediate and irreparable harm” to the residents of their States.
Joining Becerra are attorneys General from Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, North Carolina, new Jersey, new York, Oregon, Rhode island, Virginia, Vermont, Washington and the district of Columbia.
The annexation of Texas, the attorneys General from Wisconsin, Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia. Mississippi and Maine, which have democratic attorneys General also joined through their Republican governors.
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This story was corrected to say 15 States and the district of Columbia and 16 States filed a motion to intervene.
Sourse: abcnews.go.com
