Trump Health-Care Miss Gives Democrats a Perfect Pivot
His doubling down on damaging and unpopular policy gives his opponents an opening just when they need it.
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Photographer: Yuri Gripas/BloombergJust as things were starting to look better for President Donald Trump, he seems intent on squandering any political advantage.
Republicans lost big in the 2018 midterm elections due in large part to failed efforts to dismantle the increasingly popular Affordable Care Act. Instead of learning a lesson, the Trump administration is doubling down. The Justice Department took a more extreme position in an ongoing legal challenge to the law Monday night, saying that the whole thing should be thrown out instead of just in part. If the lawsuit succeeds, millions would lose coverage and many millions more would again face discrimination and higher costs based on pre-existing conditions.