The Trump administration urged the Supreme Court to overturn Obamacare amid the coronavirus pandemic

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• In a late-night move Thursday, the Trump administration has once again urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.
• More than 20 million Americans rely on Obamacare for healthcare.
• The move is amid record-high unemployment and the COVID-19 pandemic, which has infected nearly 2.5 million Americans and killed more than 124,000.
• In the late-night briefing, the Justice Department petitioned the court to overturn Obamacare, saying that the overturning of the individual mandate — a penalty for not having health insurance that was repealed by a Republican-led Congress in the 2017 tax bill — invalidated the entire law.
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In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, the Trump administration on Thursday urged the Supreme Court to overturn the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare.

In the late-night briefing, the Justice Department petitioned the court to overturn Obamacare, saying that the overturning of the individual mandate — a tax penalty for not having health insurance that was struck from the law by a Republican-led Congress in 2017 — invalidated the entire law.

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