Democrats Just Got an ‘Ominous’ Sign in the Fight to Save Obamacare
- Appeals court asks who should be allowed to defend the law
- One option is for red states to be declared automatic winners
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Democrats seeking to save Obamacare from oblivion were asked by a federal appeals court to explain why they should be allowed to defend the national health-care plan in court if the Trump administration won’t.
The U.S. Court of Appeals in New Orleans, with a high-stakes July 9 hearing approaching, posed the question in a brief notice Wednesday to the Affordable Care Act’s last defenders: a group of Democratic state attorneys general, led by California, and the Democratic-led U.S. House of Representatives.