Listen: The GOP Case Against ACA's Preexisting Condition Protections Begins

A federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, heard oral arguments in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday. The case pits a group of 18 Republican state attorneys general and two Republican governors against a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general led by California’s Xavier Becerra.

Ashley Lopez of member station KUT in Austin reports on the first day in court, and KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discusses what it all means on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”

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<h1>Listen: The GOP Case Against ACA’s Preexisting Condition Protections Begins</h1>
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			September 6, 2018		</time>
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<p>A federal judge in Fort Worth, Texas, heard oral arguments in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act on Wednesday. The case pits a group of 18 Republican state attorneys general and two Republican governors against a coalition of Democratic state attorneys general led by California’s Xavier Becerra.</p><p>Ashley Lopez of member station KUT in Austin <a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/www.npr.org/2018/09/05/644973427/federal-judge-in-fort-worth-hears-latest-challenge-to-the-affordable-care-act">reports on the first day in court</a>, and KHN’s chief Washington correspondent Julie Rovner discusses what it all means on NPR’s “All Things Considered.”</p><ul><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-the-gop-case-against-acas-preexisting-condition-protections-begins/?share=x">				Click to share on X (Opens in new window)				X			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-the-gop-case-against-acas-preexisting-condition-protections-begins/?share=facebook">				Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)				Facebook			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-the-gop-case-against-acas-preexisting-condition-protections-begins/?share=linkedin">				Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)				LinkedIn			</a></li><li><a href="mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Listen%3A%20The%20GOP%20Case%20Against%20ACA%27s%20Preexisting%20Condition%20Protections%20Begins&body=https%3A%2F%2Fkffhealthnews.org%2FODY5ODEw&share=email">				Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window)				Email			</a></li><li><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-the-gop-case-against-acas-preexisting-condition-protections-begins/#print?share=print">				Click to print (Opens in new window)				Print			</a></li><li>				<a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-the-gop-case-against-acas-preexisting-condition-protections-begins/view/republish/">					Republish This Story				</a>			</li></ul><em><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/about-us">KFF Health News</a> is a national newsroom that produces in-depth journalism about health issues and is one of the core operating programs at KFF—an independent source of health policy research, polling, and journalism. Learn more about <a href="https://www.kff.org/about-us">KFF</a>.</em><p><a href="https://kffhealthnews.org/morning-briefing/">Subscribe</a> to KFF Health News' free Morning Briefing.</p><p>This <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org/news/listen-the-gop-case-against-acas-preexisting-condition-protections-begins/">article</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" href="https://kffhealthnews.org">KFF Health News</a> and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.<img src="https://kffhealthnews.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2023/04/kffhealthnews-icon.png?w=150" style="width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;"><img id="republication-tracker-tool-source" src="https://kffhealthnews.org/?republication-pixel=true&post=869810&amp;ga4=G-J74WWTKFM0" style="width:1px;height:1px;"></p>

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