Posted on 04/26/2017 1:41:24 AM PDT by Libloather
We’ve already seen that repealing Obamacare is politically perilous. Now there’s a new complication: It may also violate international law.
The United Nations has contacted the Trump administration as part of an investigation into whether repealing the Affordable Care Act without an adequate substitute for the millions who would lose health coverage would be a violation of several international conventions that bind the United States. It turns out that the notion that “health care is a right” is more than just a Democratic talking point.
A confidential, five-page “urgent appeal” from the Office of the U.N. High Commissioner on Human Rights in Geneva, sent to the Trump administration, cautions that the repeal of the Affordable Care Act could put the United States at odds with its international obligations. The Feb. 2 memo, which I obtained Tuesday, was sent to the State Department and expresses “serious concern” about the prospective loss of health coverage for almost 30 million people, which could violate “the right to social security of the people in the United States.”
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That loss number is pulled out of the air and if I remember correctly includes those who were eligible to have signed up for Medicaid expansion but didn’t.
“the right to social security of the people in the United States.”
Fine. That mean’s we have the go ahead to enforce immigration laws and secure our border by building a wall.
Eggghhhhhhh. What the heck is an apostrophe doing there! Shame on me.
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