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Vol. 32, Issue 25 BROOKLYN EDITION June 18-24, 2021
LOCAL POLS HAIL OBAMACARE COURT VICTORY
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Caribbean and other elected
officials on Thursday welcomed
the United States Supreme
Court’s rejection of a challenge
to strike down the Patient Protection
and Affordable Care Act
(ACA), commonly known as
Obamacare.
In a vote of 7-2, the Supreme
Court dismissed the challenge
in the case California v. Texas
that will leave the law intact
and save health care coverage
for millions of Americans.
The justices turned away a
challenge from Republican-led
states and the former Trump
administration, which urged
the justices to block the entire
2010 law, according to CNN.
The Supreme Court overturned
the decision by a lower
court, holding that the Texasled
coalition never established
the standing needed to bring
this lawsuit in the first place.
New York Attorney General
Letitia James and a coalition
that included 20 states and the
District of Columbia on Thursday
hailed the decision as “a
major victory.”
The coalition defended the
ACA against a lawsuit brought
by a Texas-led state coalition
that sought to dismantle the
health care reform law, which
has provided new coverage to
at least 20 million Americans,
coverage for pre-existing conditions
for more than 133 million
Americans, and the ability
for young adults to stay on a
parent’s health plan, among
other things.
“For more than a decade, the
Affordable Care Act has been
the law of the land, providing
health coverage and a multitude
of protections to tens of
millions of Americans across
the nation, and today’s decision
solidifies those protections for
generations to come,” James
said.
“While Republicans have
repeatedly tried to take us
backwards in time and strip
health coverage away from millions,
we have now beaten those
efforts over and over again and,
specifically, three times at the
Supreme Court,” she said.
“The ACA is here to stay, and
millions of Americans nationwide
can now breathe a sigh of
relief. Young people, seniors,
women, those with disabilities,
those with pre-existing conditions,
low-income Americans,
and millions more will continue
to receive the coverage they
have come to rely on since the
law’s passage in 2010,” James
added.
But the New York Attorney
General said while the coalition
celebrates Thursday’s decision,
it will “remain vigilant against
further attempts to deprive
millions of Americans access
to quality, affordable health
care, and will be ready to take
any further action necessary
to protect Americans’ right to
health coverage.”
The lawsuit — originally
filed by a Texas-led coalition
and later supported by
the Trump administration
— argued that Congress rendered
the ACA’s individual
mandate, or minimum cover-
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