Michigan set to join other Dem states in lawsuit to support Obamacare
Source: Detroit news
Beth LeBlanc, The Detroit News Published 10:00 a.m. ET Feb. 1, 2019
The state of Michigan will join more than a dozen states with Democratic attorneys general to oppose a Texas federal court ruling that found the Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional.
Democratic Attorney General Dana Nessel and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that Michigan would join a group of intervening states supporting the program known as Obamacare, noting that Michigan has a “strong interest” in the success of the lawsuit.
“The Affordable Care Act provides important protections — including protecting people with pre-existing conditions — care for hundreds of thousands of residents in Michigan,” Nessel said.
If the decision from the Texas federal district court is upheld, families across Michigan will struggle to get the care they need, Whitmer said in a statement.......................................
U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor in December ruled in favor of Republican states challenging the law, finding that when Congress repealed the tax penalty for not buying insurance in 2017 it invalidated the Affordable Care Act................................
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