Trump administration predicts 'chaos' if judge sides with Texas request to axe Obamacare now
FORT WORTH — Lawyers with the state of Texas urged a federal judge on Wednesday to immediately overturn the Affordable Care Act in its entirety, a request the federal government warned could create chaos in state health insurance markets.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Christian conservative who's up for re-election this year, is suing the Trump administration on behalf of 20 Republican state officials who want an immediate and nationwide halt to Obamacare. U.S. District Court Judge Reed O'Connor, based in Fort Worth, will decide whether to grant their request for an injunction.
On Wednesday, Paxton's deputy told O'Connor the health care law is unconstitutional and argued states — not the federal government — should decide whether insurance companies must cover people with pre-existing conditions like asthma and cancer. Not halting Obamacare, he said, would cause "irreparable harm" to states by subverting their sovereignty and increasing the number of people on their insurance rolls.
"The ACA will continue to cause these harms as long as it operates," said Darren McCarty, an assistant attorney general for the state of Texas, adding the court should "restore choice to state health insurance markets.
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