With New Bill, Senate Republicans Eye Damage Control Over Obamacare Lawsuit
- Legislation would keep some ACA pre-existing condition rules
- Trump administration-backed lawsuit would invalidate 2010 law
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Ten Senate Republicans have introduced legislation that would reinstate Obamacare rules that prohibit insurers from turning away people with pre-existing conditions if a new lawsuit that seeks to invalidate the health-care law succeeds.
The legislation comes two weeks before oral arguments begin on September 5 in Texas v. United States, a Republican-led lawsuit brought by 20 states, which contends that the 2010 health-care law is unconstitutional after Congress neutered the tax penalty for those who don’t comply with its individual mandate to buy coverage.