DOJ Asks Federal Court To Toss Whole ACA -- With Exceptions

By Amy Lotven Donna Haseley / May 2, 2019 at 12:15 PM
The Trump administration late Wednesday (May 1) told a federal appeals court it agrees with a district judge’s ruling that the entire health care law is invalid, yet also asked the court to retain certain ACA provisions the administration claims would not harm the plaintiffs, including updates to Medicare fraud laws -- a move that left key legal experts scratching their heads. The DOJ’s latest stance in the high-profile Affordable Care Act case comes after a lawyer in a separate...


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