The extended battle over the Affordable Care Act will push deeper into uncharted waters Tuesday, when lawyers from a coalition of Republican-controlled states and the Trump administration argue for overturning the law in a federal court.
With this legal challenge — and promises from President Donald Trump that he will try again to rescind the law if he’s reelected in 2020 — Republicans are prolonging the political struggle against the Affordable Care Act to an unprecedented extent. …
Trump has shown that he believes it helps him with his base to be seen as fighting without reservation for conservative causes, whether he wins or not. In that sense, his camp believes he will benefit from challenging the ACA in court, even if the case fails, as most legal analysts still expect. CONT.
Ronald Brownstein, CNN
Recent polls: Health care