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Court allows House Democrats to join Obamacare's defense
By ALICE MIRANDA OLLSTEIN 02/14/2019 05:17 PM EST
A federal appeals court is allowing House Democrats to defend Obamacare in a lawsuit threatening the future of the health care law.
The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals today granted the House’s petition to intervene in the case challenging Obamacare's constitutionality. The court will review a federal judge's December ruling that the entire health care law is invalid after Congress eliminated the penalty for not having health insurance.
The lawsuit's threat to the Affordable Care Act was a major campaign issue last year and helped Democrats take back the House in November. Democrats last month voted to intervene in the lawsuit.
The Trump administration refused to defend the law and sided in part with the 20 Republican attorneys general who brought the lawsuit against Obamacare. The administration is asking the courts to strike the law's popular insurance protections for pre-existing conditions while allowing the rest of the law to stand.
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https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/14/democrats-obamacare-1170699