Attorney General Herring Stepping in to Defend the Affordable Care Act and Virginians’ Healthcare
Attorney General
* "It cannot be overstated how reckless, cruel, and dangerous this politically motivated lawsuit is," said Attorney General Herring. "In seeking to strike down the entire ACA, these plaintiffs are playing games with the lives and financial well-being of millions of Americans and Virginians. Unfortunately, they now have powerful allies in
As part of their defense of the ACA, Attorney General Herring and his colleagues filed a brief yesterday in opposition to the
Since the ACA was implemented in 2009,
If successful,
* Halting Medicaid expansion, which was signed into law in
* Allowing insurance companies to deny coverage to people with pre-existing conditions or charge them more;
* Allowing insurance companies to discriminate against women by charging them higher premiums;
* Taking away seniors' prescription drug discounts;
* Ending
* Ending the healthcare exchange where more than 410,000 Virginians purchased their healthcare in 2017;
* Stripping funding from our nation's public health system, including work to combat the opioid epidemic; and
* Ending billions in federal aid for healthcare, including
In total, Americans living in the states that successfully intervened could lose half a trillion dollars in healthcare funding.
Attorney General Herring and his colleagues were allowed to join this case as defendants on
Joining Attorney General Herring in defending the ACA and filing the motion opposing
Attorney General Herring previously defended the healthcare rights of Virginians by leading a multistate coalition in the Fourth Circuit and the
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