The Trump administration’s new challenge to the Affordable Care Act

Christen Linke Young, a fellow in the USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy, provides an overview of the legal challenges the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has faced since its enactment, recent developments in a lawsuit regarding the ACA’s constitutionality, and what the latest claims could mean for the credibility of the Department of Justice.

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Christen Linke Young

Deputy Assistant to the President for Health and Veterans Affairs - Domestic Policy Council for Health and Veterans

Former Fellow - USC-Brookings Schaeffer Initiative for Health Policy

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