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Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law
We’ve already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous. Now there’s a new complication: It may also violate international law.
The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation into whether repealing the Affordable Care Act without an adequate substitute for the millions who would lose health coverage would be a violation of several international conventions that bind the United States; it turns out that the notion that “health care is a right” is more than just a Democratic talking point ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin..._term=.2d8264774b32&wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
By Dana Milbank Opinion writer April 25 at 7:38 PM
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Apparently repealing Obamacare could violate international law
We’ve already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous. Now there’s a new complication: It may also violate international law.
The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation into whether repealing the Affordable Care Act without an adequate substitute for the millions who would lose health coverage would be a violation of several international conventions that bind the United States; it turns out that the notion that “health care is a right” is more than just a Democratic talking point ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin..._term=.2d8264774b32&wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1
House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.). (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/Associated Press)
By Dana Milbank Opinion writer April 25 at 7:38 PM
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