The move came soon after the department broadened its attack on the Affordable Care Act, prompting concern among critics that the Trump administration was usurping congressional power.
A nonbinding resolution approved by the House calls for the Trump administration to drop its support for a judge’s decision that ruled the Affordable Care Act unconstitutional.
President Trump had promised Republicans would replace the Affordable Care Act with a better, cheaper health law. Then the Senate majority leader told him that would not be happening.
President Trump decided to press courts to overturn the Affordable Care Act despite concerns from the attorney general, the health secretary and the vice president.
The decision by the Trump administration to push for a court-ordered demolition of the Affordable Care Act came after President Trump sided with his chief of staff over his lawyers.
Unlike Obamacare, emerging plans would sweep away the private health insurance system. What would that mean for the companies’ workers, the stock market and the cost of care?
Doctors, hospitals, drug companies and insurers have a simple message: The Affordable Care Act works reasonably well and should be improved, not repealed or replaced with a big new public program.
A Texas judge’s ruling that the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional may not stand, but it will elevate health care as a pressing topic in a divided Washington.