Democrats demand answers on the reversal of the Obamacare trial of the Trump administration

Democrats in the House have two weeks for the Department of Justice to provide documents explaining why it reversed and decided to ask the courts to declare that all of Obamacare was unconstitutional.

"If we do not receive a response from [May 24]we will have no choice but to consider other ways to achieve compliance, "wrote five committee chairs in a letter to Attorney General William Barr and the White House lawyer on Monday. Pat Cipollone, suggesting they call the documents.

The legislator had initially asked the Trump administration to provide the documents in a letter sent on April 8, but the Justice Department had not provided them by the April 22 deadline, although officials acknowledged April 11 that they had received the letter.

The trial, Texas v. Azar, should be presented orally on July 8 before the Court of Appeal of the fifth circuit of New Orleans. Representatives of the Republican State launched this campaign stating that it was necessary to give up all Obamacare, a precondition for the Congress's removal of the fine imposed on the uninsured, which the Republicans have done through the 2017 tax revision law.

In December, a federal judge sits on the side of the GOP officials, but Obamacare remains in effect, the decision being appealed.

Initially, the Trump administration stood on the side of the GOP officials, but it only asked that certain parts of the law be rejected, namely the rules prohibiting health insurance companies from refusing sick clients, making them pay more for their illness or refusing to cover medical services. associated with the management of their state.

With the call, the administration changed course and demanded the cancellation of the entire law, a decision that Democrats have described as "political". The Democrats wrote that it was possible for the White House and the Bureau of Management and Budget to pressure Barr to change his position. They hope that the documents will reveal how the decision was made and if there were any objections from senior officials.