Democratic New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said Monday he would sue President Donald Trump's administration and its congressional allies if the Republicans' proposed legislation to dismantle the ACA became law.
Mr. Schneiderman said the GOP's healthcare plan "doesn't just threaten to make health insurance unaffordable," but also "threatens to gut funding for hospitals and for the people who make sure New York has some of the best healthcare in the world." He also noted millions of Americans would lose their insurance coverage under the plan.
Additionally, Mr. Schneiderman's office had constitutional issues with the Collins-Faso amendment, which would put New York counties on the hook for some Medicaid costs rather than the state, Amy Spitalnick, a spokesperson for Mr. Schneiderman, told Reuters. His office also expressed constitutional issues with Republicans' proposal to defund Planned Parenthood.
A spokesperson from the U.S. Department of Justice declined a request from Reuters to comment on Mr. Schneiderman's remarks, and the publication could not immediately reach Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., for comment.
Mr. Schneiderman's remarks came just before two Republican senators, Mike Lee of Utah and Jerry Moran of Kansas, defected from the bill Monday evening, effectively killing the legislation. Mr. McConnell now wants to look at a straight repeal of the ACA, followed by a two-year delay to allow time to develop a potential replacement plan.
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