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20 states sue to kill ACA in wake of individual mandate loss

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 Marlene Satter | Updated on February 27, 2018
Although the ACA was upheld in 2012 as constitutional, the elimination of that penalty means that, according to the states, the rest of the ACA “can’t stand as law.” (Photo: Shutterstock).

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.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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