STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
And I'm Steve Inskeep in Washington, D.C. The Affordable Care Act is close to a decade old, and the fight over it is not done. The Trump administration made that clear this week. The Justice Department formally supported a move to have the entirety of Obamacare thrown out in the courts. An appeals court is considering a lower court's ruling to do just that.
The lawsuit comes after repeated efforts to repeal Obamacare failed in Congress, which is also still debating health care. So we have brought in Senator Mike Braun of Indiana, newly elected Republican, who campaigned on repealing Obamacare among many other things. Senator, welcome.
MIKE BRAUN: Good to be here.
INSKEEP: Do you support the court throwing out the entire law?
BRAUN: I think it's almost a moot point because when I did campaign, I always was clear that unlike most Republicans running, that the repeal effort had to be there with a clear replacement. I actually - because I did it in my own company - built an insurance plan that covered pre-existing conditions, no cap on coverage, kids can stay on the plan until they're 26. And I thought that was a good part of Obamacare.
And I'm Steve Inskeep in Washington, D.C. The Affordable Care Act is close to a decade old, and the fight over it is not done. The Trump administration made that clear this week. The Justice Department formally supported a move to have the entirety of Obamacare thrown out in the courts. An appeals court is considering a lower court's ruling to do just that.
The lawsuit comes after repeated efforts to repeal Obamacare failed in Congress, which is also still debating health care. So we have brought in Senator Mike Braun of Indiana, newly elected Republican, who campaigned on repealing Obamacare among many other things. Senator, welcome.
MIKE BRAUN: Good to be here.
INSKEEP: Do you support the court throwing out the entire law?
BRAUN: I think it's almost a moot point because when I did campaign, I always was clear that unlike most Republicans running, that the repeal effort had to be there with a clear replacement. I actually - because I did it in my own company - built an insurance plan that covered pre-existing conditions, no cap on coverage, kids can stay on the plan until they're 26. And I thought that was a good part of Obamacare.
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