Twenty Republican states have banded together to sue the federal government in an attempt to finally abolish the Affordable Care Act in the wake of the elimination of the individual mandate by the Trump administration.
Modern Healthcare reports that the Republican-governed states, led by Ken Paxton, Texas attorney general, and Brad Schimel, Wisconsin attorney general, called the law an "unconstitutional and irrational regime" forced on the states that undermined their sovereignty.
In their complaint, the states wrote, "Once the heart of the ACA—the individual mandate—is declared unconstitutional, the remainder of the ACA must also fall."
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Marlene Satter
Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.
