Nearly a score of state attorneys general asked a federal judge in California on Wednesday to temporarily block the Trump administration from ending critical subsidy payments to insurers selling coverage through the Affordable Care Act.

Less than a week after California Attorney General Xavier Becerra and New York AG Eric Schneiderman joined 17 other AGs in suing on the merits of the decision, the group requested a restraining order "to prevent immediate and irreparable harm to the plaintiff states and the millions of Americans who benefit from affordable health care coverage under the ACA," according to the court filing.

The document, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, asks that the order be entered by 4 p.m. tomorrow.

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Kristen Rasmussen

Kristen Rasmussen is an Atlanta-based reporter who covers corporate law departments and in-house attorneys.

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