Chairman Scott Statement on Fifth Circuit Court’s Ruling in Texas Case
WASHINGTON – Chairman Bobby Scott (VA-03) issued the following statement released the following statement regarding the Fifth Circuit Court’s decision in Texas v. United States.
“Today, Republican attorneys general and the Trump administration took another step toward stripping access to affordable health care from millions of Americans. The latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act is legally frivolous. The argument that the absence of a monetary penalty for failing to purchase coverage invalidates the law is absurd on its face, and inherently shows the plaintiffs’ lack of standing to bring this case.
“The court’s decision continues to jeopardize the patient protections and expanded access to care that so many Americans rely on every day. The Affordable Care Act’s protections for patients with preexisting conditions, its prohibition on insurance companies setting annual and lifetime caps, and the Medicaid expansion that helped more than 17 million Americans gain coverage are all at risk.
“Americans are tired of Republicans playing politics with their health care. Rather than continuing a nine-year assault on the Affordable Care Act, Republican leaders should focus their energy toward building on the progress it achieves for Americans across the country.”
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