Chicago joins lawsuit accusing Trump of 'sabotaging' Obamacare
Fresh from victory in the battle over federal funding to sanctuary cities, Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Thursday opened yet another legal front in his long-running war against President Donald Trump.
Chicago joined Baltimore, Cincinnati, Columbus, Ohio and the nonprofit known as "Democracy Forward" in filing a lawsuit accusing the Trump administration of "intentionally and unlawfully sabotaging" the Affordable Care Act.
"President Donald Trump is attempting to sabotage the Affordable Care Act out of pure spite. It is not just immoral. It is illegal," Emanuel, who served as former President Barack Obama's first White House chief of staff, was quoted as saying in a news release.
"I worked hard to help President Obama expand access to affordable health care for millions of Americans and I will not sit idly by while the Trump administration raises the cost of care and rolls back access to life-saving coverage."
Corporation Counsel Ed Siskel argued that the Trump administration's efforts to "discourage enrollment, raise prices, sow uncertainty in insurance markets and eliminate choices" violates the Administrative Procedure Act and the Take Care Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
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