Leading Republicans in the Senate are downplaying the chances that the Supreme Court will strike down ObamaCare as Democrats seek to hammer the GOP on the issue ahead of the elections.
Even as testimony continues this week before the Senate Judiciary Committee with Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett , Democrats are drilling in on a Republican-backed lawsuit seeking to strike down the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that the high court will hear one week after Election Day.
Observers say that if the lawsuit succeeds, roughly 20 million people would lose health insurance, and popular protections for people with preexisting conditions would be thrown out.
Yet GOP lawmakers, who have spent the past decade trying to eradicate the 2010 law — are now dismissing this possibility. They argue that Democrats are blowing the chances of the challenge prevailing out of proportion, noting that legal experts across the spectrum have called the lawsuit’s arguments weak.
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