The government of Donald Trump the Supreme Court has the USA In the midst of the corona crisis, ex-president asked for health care reform Barack Obama to invalidate. The Affordable Care Act had already lapsed when Republicans de facto abolished penalties for uninsured people in Congress in 2017, Justice Department lawyer Noel Francisco argued in a letter to the Supreme Court.
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The abolition of Obamacare was one of Trump’s key promises in the 2016 election campaign. He believes the costs are too high. However, since then he and the Republicans have not been able to completely reverse the reform.
Biden calls Supreme Court appeal “cruel” and “heartless”
Since 2018, the Democrats in the House of Representatives have again the majority and are firmly opposed to abolition. Your spokeswoman Nancy Pelosi described the government’s announcement to the Supreme Court during the corona crisis as “incredible cruelty.” Also the designated democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden criticized the move as “cruel” and “heartless”.
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In the legal dispute over many years, the Ministry of Justice has sided with several republican-led states. The original rules of the Obama era stipulate that, with certain exceptions, individuals must have a minimum level of health insurance coverage. Otherwise they have to pay to the federal tax authority.
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In December, an appellate court in the state of Louisiana found this fundamental obligation unconstitutional. California then appealed to the Supreme Court along with other Democratic states before the Supreme Court. Further dates in the fall are scheduled for autumn. When exactly the court will make a decision is unclear.
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The “Affordable Care Act”, known as Obamacare, ensures basic health protection for millions of Americans and, among other things, prevented people with previous illnesses from being denied benefits during the corona epidemic. The epidemic is not mentioned in the letter that was filed with the Supreme Court on Thursday and is directed against this system.
On the same day, the government announced that nearly half a million people had lost their jobs in the wake of the economic crisis of the past few months. In the United States, many people have health insurance through employers. A job loss is therefore accompanied by a loss of health insurance. Of which could up to 27 million people affected be. Abolishing Obamacare would probably increase the number.
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According to the CDC health agency, there are in the United States more than 2.3 million known corona infections – more documented cases than in any other country in the world. More than 121,000 people died there from Covid 19 disease.
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