I agree with Chief Justice Roberts on the ACA

I don’t agree with Roberts on much but he’s right on this one.

from the article linked to below:

“I think it’s hard for you to argue that Congress intended the entire act to fall if the mandate was struck down when the same Congress that lowered the penalty to zero did not even try to repeal the rest of the act,” Roberts told the attorney representing Texas, one of the states fighting the law. “I think, frankly, that they wanted the court to do that, but that’s not our job,” Roberts added.

Roberts is right. Republicans are trying to get the court to repeal the ACA (Obamacare) since they failed in dozens of attempts to do it in Congress. It was passed as a law. If it is going to be repealed, it should be done the same way – by Congress.

Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Brett Kavanaugh suggested that it wasn't the Supreme Court's role to invalidate the entire, 900-page Affordable Care Act, signaling the key parts of Obamacare will survive the latest court challenge https://t.co/mheVhIm6IA
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) November 11, 2020

Obamacare polls update 10/12/20

Would you like to see the Affordable Care Act—also known as Obamacare—remain in place, or ended?

REP
Remain in place 12%
Ended 78%

DEM
Remain in place 95%
Ended 4%

IND
Remain in place 58%
Ended 29%

(Quinnipiac U. Poll, LV, 10/16-19/20)https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY

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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 22, 2020

Given what you know about the 2010 health reform law—known as the Affordable Care Act or Obamacare—do you have a generally favorable or generally unfavorable opinion of it?

Favorable 55%
Unfavorable 39%

(Kaiser Family Foundation, 10/7-12/20)

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— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 16, 2020

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Overall, do you generally favor or generally oppose the health care law known as Obamacare?

Favor 57%
Oppose 36%

(CNN Poll, 10/1-4/20)
trend: https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 12, 2020

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Do you think the Supreme Court should or should not overturn the health care law known as Obamacare?

WOMEN
Should overturn it 24%
Should not 70%

MEN
Should overturn it 41%
Should not 52%

(CNN Poll, 10/1-4/20)https://t.co/tmBCnRGPDY
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) October 12, 2020

“A Fox News poll last week showed that, by 64% to 32%, voters prefer to keep Obamacare rather than repeal it.”https://t.co/3qYag9W1uy
— Roger Tansey 🌊🌊🌊 (@rogertansey) October 12, 2020

Fox News poll: Would you keep Obamacare in place or repeal it?

Today: 64% keep in place, 32% repeal

Nov 2016: 41% keep in place, 52% repeal

Dec 2014: 38% keep in place, 58% repeal

Pretty stunning how drastically views Obamacare have changed in just six years.
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) October 7, 2020

"Obamacare was a disaster."
Pence.

Americans LOVE Obamacare (we still need single payer…)https://t.co/CINNVDG9Wj
— Chris Walker (@thatchriswalker) October 8, 2020

#ThanksObama #ThanksBiden https://t.co/T3KqNOjvqK
— Ronald Klain (@WHCOS) December 23, 2021

The Trump cult believes his lie that he will protect people with pre-existing conditions

A new report finds many Trump voters are certain he'd protect people with preexisting conditions. In other words, his health care stance is so awful that his voters simply don't believe he holds it. In 2012, something similar happened with Romney's plans:https://t.co/cE6DxNNnzZ
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) October 1, 2020

Trump’s disgusting effort to kill Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act)

There’s a pandemic going on

Many people are losing health insurance when they lose their joj

Sad!

On Thursday night, the Trump admin. filed its brief to repeal Obamacare with the Supreme Court.

"…[Americans] are not buying what the administration is selling. Simply put, gutting Obamacare is a political loser," writes @LloydGreen9.https://t.co/C0tvpdRbjD
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 26, 2020

The Trump administration asked the Supreme Court on Thursday to overturn the Affordable Care Act. If successful, this would bring a permanent end to the health insurance program known as Obamacare and wipe out coverage for as many as 23 million Americans. https://t.co/wvUCqmqk3F
— The New York Times (@nytimes) June 26, 2020

Trump wants to rip millions of Americans health care away. In the middle of a pandemic.

His administration is saying so in black-and-white right here.

Don't let him. Vote!https://t.co/1Jtgyy7ZTG
— Norm Eisen (@NormEisen) June 26, 2020

Trump is trying to change the law so that an insurance company can deny coverage for the millions of Americans who survive COVID19. So if you’ve had COVID19 Trump is gonna make sure you pay, forever, with higher premiums.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) June 26, 2020

NEW tonight: Trump administration files a brief asking the Supreme Court to wipe out Obamacare, arguing that the individual mandate is unconstitutional and that the entirety of the law must be struck down with it. https://t.co/08W0r6ivdT
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) June 26, 2020

Democrats are uniting around a plan to make health care central to the 2020 campaign after the Trump admin's push to strike down the ACA, w/ @StephArmour1 https://t.co/hMziMsjadU
— Ken Thomas (@KThomasDC) June 26, 2020

Polls show that Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) is popular

Trump still wants to kill it.

Majority Support Obamacare Despite Trump’s Supreme Court Bid to Kill ACA

#ACA #Obamacare is still vastly more popular with the American people than Donald Trump https://t.co/8EwjLiZASg
— Christopher Lawson (@Corpulace) June 26, 2020

It's still more popular than not.https://t.co/9f1zT0dq2E
— Mike 😷 Hamm (@mike_hamm) June 26, 2020

Growing majority of Americans like Obamacare (ACA).

According to FOX NEWS POLL. https://t.co/YLkh0tap1s pic.twitter.com/AqeN7PqOyF
— Kate Pryde (@Mutant187) June 25, 2020

an old poll

NEW POLL: Ten years on, the Affordable Care Act is more popular than ever. The program has a net +23 favorability rating (54% favorable-31% unfavorable), which represents a 22-point increase since last tested in June 2019 (46%-45%). pic.twitter.com/wdU4bzKjvo
— Navigator Research (@NavigatorSurvey) February 27, 2020

Trump still wants to get rid of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare)

I can’t believe he is doing this during the biggest health crisis in the US in 100 years. He claims he’ll replace it with something better but there is no plan. That’s another of his endless lies.

Trump vows complete end of Obamacare law despite pandemic https://t.co/YYF491lgQU
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 6, 2020

Your regular reminder that President Trump is still trying to overturn the entire ACA, stripping health care away from millions of people in the middle of a global pandemic.

And he has absolutely no plan to replace it. https://t.co/pvJOTq3BVO
— Chris Murphy (@ChrisMurphyCT) May 6, 2020

"The same Republican senators who profess to uphold the ACA’s protections for people with preexisting conditions vote in lockstep for judges like [Justin] Walker who are on the record with their contempt for the law," writes @EleanorClift https://t.co/kt4i2nonil
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) May 6, 2020

News: President Trump says he's standing by his support for a lawsuit to wipe out Obamacare, calling the law "a disaster" and promising a replacement "with a great health care at far less money." (The White House does not have a replacement plan.) pic.twitter.com/w74eJb25Xv
— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) May 6, 2020

Schumer: "Every Republican who votes for this nominee, Mr. Walker, will be voting to dismantle the ACA and take millions of people's healthcare away from them." pic.twitter.com/6ScTY8sH1H
— The Hill (@thehill) May 6, 2020

Rep. @RodneyDavis voted 11 times to repeal the ACA with no replacement.

Then he voted for a bill to take away protections for people with pre-existing conditions.

Next, he voted to support this lawsuit.

Enough is enough. It’s time to #ProtectOurCare.https://t.co/qN6laT2KNG
— Betsy Dirksen Londrigan (@BetsyforIL) May 6, 2020

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NBC/WSJ Poll: Ten years later, Obamacare is as popular as it’s ever been (@mmurraypolitics) https://t.co/781JypbKXf
— OpinionToday.com (@OpinionToday) May 6, 2020

Tens of thousands of Americans have died from #COVID19. Over 1.2M have been infected.

And yet, even in the midst of this pandemic, the President & his party refuse to end efforts to dismantle the ACA & rip health care away from millions of Americans. It would be a disaster. https://t.co/bEccYBs1xs
— Senator Dick Durbin (@SenatorDurbin) May 6, 2020

President Trump is asking the Supreme Court to overturn the ACA. He has never offered a plan to replace the ACA. While he has said he will protect coverage for pre-existing conditions, he has supported Congressional proposals to weaken those protections.
— Larry Levitt (@larry_levitt) May 6, 2020

William Barr warns Trump administration to back off lawsuit seeking to kill Obamacare: report https://t.co/HfCx7Nqwdt
— Salon (@Salon) May 6, 2020

Even Barr thinks it’s a bad idea.

Wiping out the ACA was so unpopular that a Republican-controlled Congress couldn't pass it. Can only imagine how popular wiping out the ACA is during a freaking pandemic. https://t.co/QSisZqG5V0
— Daniel Jacobson (@Dan_F_Jacobson) May 6, 2020

Worth noting, as Trump faces polls showing him underperforming w/seniors, that every GOP alternative to the #ACA required higher premiums & fewer protections for older consumers w/health conditions as the means for reducing premiums costs for younger/healthier people. https://t.co/iIVQlIke7g
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) May 6, 2020

Just a reminder that the Trump administration’s support for the latest suit to kill Obamacare is as legally meritless as it is politically stupid. https://t.co/KUb7QCQviL
— Eric Columbus (@EricColumbus) May 10, 2020

I wrote this piece about the indefensible decision by Trump to have “his” Justice Department urge the Supreme Court to strike down all of the Affordable Care Act, during a pandemic no less. A betrayal of fundamental principles. https://t.co/BB0Lf9nKrr
— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) May 8, 2020

Trump: "We want to terminate health care for, under Obamacare, because it's bad, and we're replacing it with a great health care at far less money and it includes pre-existing conditions."

We're five years into him talking about health care at this level of specificity.
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) May 6, 2020

Trump’s lie on Obamacare

Trump keeps saying he is defending health care coverage of pre-existing conditions. That’s a lie. Republicans are suing to get rid of the entire Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Trump tells endless lies. Sad!

This is brazen lying. Democrats *got* the protections for people with pre-existing conditions, in Obamacare. Trump has tried to get bills passed that would weaken the protections, is supporting a lawsuit to overturn the whole law, has presented no plan for if the suit succeeds. pic.twitter.com/fVtHUsHJv7
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) January 13, 2020

This is a bald-faced lie.

Having changed its position, the Justice Department is now actively asking the federal courts to throw out the entire ACA—including, more than a little cynically, the (entirely constitutional) requirement that insurers cover pre-existing conditions. https://t.co/VvI6M6RuMQ
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) January 13, 2020

False on just about every level. And his people wonder why his claims in Iran intel are met with skepticism? https://t.co/sqmcH7AJxJ
— Glenn Kessler (@GlennKesslerWP) January 13, 2020

Of all of Trump’s lies, his claim that Dems are trying to take away coverage for those with preexisting conditions is the most brazen. Whatever your view of policy, this is just trying to blunt a political weak point by pinning it on the other side. No one on his side flinches. https://t.co/NTXkLP1w6W
— Orin Kerr (@OrinKerr) January 13, 2020

Gutless Republicans just let him lie. They’ll lie about it in Congressional elections.

AP FACT CHECK via @hopeyen1 : No, Trump didn't save preexisting conditions https://t.co/q1TBbzBmSC
— Zeke Miller (@ZekeJMiller) January 13, 2020

An obscene, Orwellian lie, and Dems need to actually make a stink about it rather than just count on fact checkers to do it for them. Otherwise, every other Republican will parrot the lie and the acquiescent media will report that views on who saved pre-ex protections differ. https://t.co/YMqlkpcoD0
— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 13, 2020

Trump administration doesn’t have a replacement plan for the ACA (Obamacare)

Trump hates Obama so much he wants to get rid of the ACA even though it keeps increasing in popularity. They are fine with having millions of people lose health care. Fortunately, the public does not agree with the Republicans. This is a bad move for them (which is fine with me!)

It’s also alarming that the Justice Department is unwilling to support a law passed by Congress. Trump supporters are quick to say “elections have consequences” when we complain about their judicial picks but in this case the public elected the people who passed the ACA. The Trump administration couldn’t get Congress to overturn the ACA. The government should enforce the law.

"AG Barr was supposed to be a voice of reason … . An old Washington hand, he had the stature and the backbone to protect the Justice Dept from a White House that often seems to disdain the rule of law.

Turns out it isn’t so."

My latest, in @nytimes: https://t.co/Z0lANzCLrF
— Nicholas Bagley (@nicholas_bagley) March 27, 2019

A longer meditation on the GOP plan to let Democrats do 2018 all over https://t.co/zOnlONX7CR
— Paul Krugman (@paulkrugman) March 26, 2019

A month ago, 2020 looked like it might be a referendum on single-payer. But with Trump shifting toward ACA repeal and more Democrats converging on a public option, it looks like it might be about Obamacare repeal versus Obamacare repair. https://t.co/2PUI3VXU9S
— Benjy Sarlin (@BenjySarlin) March 27, 2019

"President Trump really has chutzpah to say 'oh well we're going to come up with an alternative plan that's better than Obamacare.' Really?" Zeke Emanuel, an Obamacare architect, says GOP "may very well" be handing 2020 to Dems with latest health care push https://t.co/EWZ9tUdWSx pic.twitter.com/JNfxRQlSaM
— CNN (@CNN) March 27, 2019

Republicans are horrified as Trump goes after Obamacare—again https://t.co/xcpvp7snIn
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) March 27, 2019

WATCH: Chief of Staff to Mike Pence Marc Short joins MTP Daily to discuss the White House pivoting to health care and says “you should rest assured that 20 million Americans will certainly not be without health insurance." #MTPDaily https://t.co/mCdDZJBM9s pic.twitter.com/PH0dBh2LqI
— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) March 27, 2019

This is a lie. They have no plan.

Trump’s budget already has a plan- replace the #ACA with Graham – Cassidy block grants, block grant Medicaid and cut federal spending for both by $775 billion over ten years. Is that no longer operative three weeks later? https://t.co/hFCIAKiUSL
— Ronald Brownstein (@RonBrownstein) March 27, 2019

Here's the big question to Trump: How do you keep pre-existing conditions without a plan AND when you're trying to get rid of the law that protects that? https://t.co/uugqOPvlwz
— Chris Matthews (@HardballChris) March 27, 2019

ACA numbers are huge:
-More than 11 million people signed up for 2019 on Obamacare exchanges
-More than 12 million insured through Medicaid expansion
-52 million have condition that could have made them uninsurable before Obamacare took effect
All told, more than 1 in 5 Americans
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 27, 2019

After a heated meeting, Trump sided with Mulvaney over the concerns of Pence, Barr and Cipollone to press for court ruling overturning Obamacare. ⁦@maggieNYT⁩ ⁦@ropear⁩ https://t.co/2maCwZFsdx ⁦⁦
— Peter Baker (@peterbakernyt) March 27, 2019

The Attorney General did not agree with the plan to eliminate Obamacare

Donald Trump pledged to have a plan “far better than Obamacare” should the Supreme Court rule in the White House’s favor and strike down the entire Affordable Care Act https://t.co/WyIzRliMuS
— POLITICO (@politico) March 27, 2019

He’s just being his usual huckster liar self

After golfing with Lindsey Graham & listening to Mulvaney, Trump wants to revive health care fight. Telling lawmakers it's his biggest vulnerability. GOP is not nearly as excited & is seeking to change his mind. White House has little plan. w/@rachaelmbade https://t.co/29d3N6lf7E
— Josh Dawsey (@jdawsey1) March 27, 2019

New from President Trump on health care:

"If the Supreme Court rules that Obamacare is out, we'll have a plan that is far better than Obamacare," he says in the Oval Office per pooler @toddgillman

Note-there is NO Republican replacement plan at this time.
— Karen Travers (@karentravers) March 27, 2019

.@JoeNBC on health care: "The reason why Donald Trump should stay away from it – is because it is the one issue that has proven the intellectual bankruptcy of the Republican party – how they are void of ideas. They started running against Obamacare in 2009, a decade later." pic.twitter.com/EqRWaSjmDc
— MSNBC (@MSNBC) March 27, 2019