Obama's legacy continues to erode.
Since leaving office, his nuclear deal with Iran was cancelled, we left the Paris climate agreement, withdrew from TPP, and now Obamacare has been ruled unconstitutional.
The Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare, was struck down by a Texas judge on Friday, a move that could suddenly disrupt the health insurance status of millions of Americans. The decision comes amid a six-week open enrollment period for the program.
Texas, along with 19 states, had argued to U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor that they had been hurt by a jump in the amount of people utilizing state-backed insurance. When Congress cut the tax penalty from the program in 2017, the states claimed, it essentially undercut the Supreme Court’s reasoning for finding former President Barack Obama’s signature legislation constitutional in 2012.
Finally, a rational judicial response to a horrible healthcare policy.
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