Trump Administration’s Move to Gut Obamacare Raises Risks for 2020
- Administration sides with federal judge’s ruling in Texas case
- Pelosi denounces decision; issue helped Democrats in midterms
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The Trump administration is siding with Obamacare opponents who argue that it is unconstitutional and should be scrapped entirely, initiating a new, more aggressive assault on the health care law that will assure the issue will be squarely at the forefront of the 2020 presidential campaign.
The Justice Department shifted its stance, after arguing last year that some parts of the 2010 law -- but not all of it -- should be struck down in a case brought by the state of Texas. A federal district judge voided the law in a December ruling that is now under appeal.