DALLAS, TX (WBAP/KLIF NEWS) – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel today led a 20-state coalition lawsuit against the federal government, challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
In the lawsuit, Attorney General Paxton explains that when Congress enacted President Trump’s tax overhaul, it rendered all of Obamacare unconstitutional by doing away with the tax penalty in Obamacare’s individual mandate.
Paxton was a guest on the Chris Salcedo Show and said “it’s like saying it’s ok because there is a penalty and that’s really under the taxing power of Congress”
Paxton adds “The U.S. Supreme Court already admitted that an individual mandate without a tax penalty is unconstitutional. With no remaining legitimate basis for the law, it is time that Americans are finally free from the stranglehold of Obamacare, once and for all.”
“Through our multi-state lawsuit, we hope to effectively repeal Obamacare, which will then give President Trump and Congress an opportunity to replace that failed experiment with a plan that ensures Texans and all Americans have better choices for health coverage at more affordable prices,” Attorney General Paxton said.
The impact of Obamacare on Texas is substantial, even though Texas did not expand Medicaid or create a state exchange. One such impact is that Texas must pay the IRS, through its Medicaid managed care organizations, an additional $120 million per year solely due to Obamacare and its implementing regulations.
Texas and Wisconsin are joined in the lawsuit against Obamacare by Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia.
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