LIVE: Schumer Holds News Conference on Lawsuit to Overturn Obamacare in the Supreme Court

(Oct. 1) Watch live as Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-New York) holds a news conference on Capitol Hill on the lawsuit to overturn the Affordable Care Act in the Supreme Court.

Texas has a lawsuit against Obamacare, which the administration of President Donald Trump is backing. If the lawsuit succeeded and Congress and the president did not pass a new protection, people with pre-existing conditions could have trouble getting affordable insurance.

The current lawsuit grows out of a previous one. The Affordable Care Act contained an “individual mandate” that commanded nearly all Americans to buy health insurance that met congressional specifications. In 2012, the Supreme Court considered a challenge to the law based on the notion that Congress does not have the power to issue that command. Four justices said it does. Chief Justice John Roberts said that it doesn’t, but that part of the law could instead be considered as a tax on going without insurance. He and four other justices voted to uphold the law.

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