Trump administration asks Supreme Court to quash Obamacare

Published June 26, 2020 12:08pm ET



President Trump’s administration asked the Supreme Court to ax the Affordable Care Act in a late-night brief.

The brief, filed Thursday, argued that the individual mandate is not constitutional and that the entire law must therefore also be struck down. If the Supreme Court agrees, millions of people could lose healthcare coverage and protections for preexisting conditions amid a global pandemic.

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