It has never been easy to keep track of the Trump administration’s position on the ridiculous lawsuit brought by Texas and 17 other red states to invalidate the Affordable Care Act.
But the Department of Justice’s most recent position would do even more damage to the nation’s health coverage market — it would create chaos for employer-sponsored health plans.
That’s the conclusion of experts at Georgetown University’s Center on Health Insurance Reforms. In an analysis published online Thursday, they say the DOJ’s latest brief in the case “would upend our system of employer-based coverage — the primary source of insurance for approximately 158 million people.”
