Vulnerable red-state democrats have used the Texas lawsuit as a cudgel against their Republican opponents. (Photo: Shutterstock)
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defended a lawsuit to undo the Affordable Care Act's protection of insurance for pre-existing health conditions even though it's become a problem for Republican candidates in the campaign for control of Congress.
“Our candidates are able to deal with it,” McConnell said regarding a barrage of Democratic ads criticizing his party's candidates on the issue. “There's nobody in the Senate that I'm familiar with who is not in favor of coverage of pre-existing conditions.”
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The case, filed by Texas and backed by the Trump administration, contends that because Congress eliminated the tax penalty for violating the requirement that most individuals have insurance, the rest of the law including the consumer protections must be thrown out. Many legal scholars see the lawsuit as a long shot, including some conservatives who supported previous suits against Obamacare.
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