How President Trump Could End Obamacare With A Single Tweet

A relatively small provision included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December 2017, gives President Trump the ability to achieve what his party has failed to accomplish.

After more than eight years of promising to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Republican-led Congress has yet to pass legislation that would replace Obamacare, which has forced millions of Americans to lose their doctors, caused dramatic increases in health insurance premiums and deductibles, and pushed millions more into Medicaid.

However, a relatively small provision included in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, passed in December 2017, gives President Trump the ability to achieve what his party has failed to accomplish — ending the disastrous Obamacare program — and without the approval of Congress.

Following the passage of the ACA, the health-care law faced numerous legal challenges, culminating in a controversial 5–4 decision by the Supreme Court in 2012 to uphold the ACA, with Chief Justice John Roberts delivering the deciding vote. In Roberts’ opinion, he reasoned the provision requiring all Americans to purchase “qualifying” health insurance or else pay a fine was constitutional on the basis that the “fine” is actually a tax. Since Congress has the power to impose taxes, Roberts determined the ACA constitutional, breaking with other conservative justices as well as the court’s liberal justices, who argued the individual mandate is constitutional because Congress has the authority to regulate interstate commerce.

Read the rest from Justin Haskins and Sarah Lee HERE at The Federalist.

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