Were the 5th Circuit to uphold that position, both the short-term and long-term effects would be catastrophic. On the short-term side it would throw private insurance and public assistance into turmoil. On the long-term side, it would mean a return to the pre-ACA days:<\/p>\n The only “positive” aspect of this is that, regardless of how the 5th Circuit (and then the Supreme Court, one can assume) rules on this, Trump has prominently handed a huge<\/em> issue to the Democrats in 2020. Protecting health care was a major component of the message in 2018 that won the Dems the House (and arguably staved off greater losses in the Senate). It polls as the most important issue for Democratic voters, while repealing the ACA is much further down the list for Republicans.<\/p>\n Trump has long touted “Repeal and Replace” as his goal, even though the replacements proposed have been weak beer in terms of actually helping those whom the ACA provided care for. 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