Pandemic Shows Obamacare ‘Indispensable,’ Democrats Tell Justices (1)

Democrats are pointing to the coronavirus pandemic in an effort to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court to save Obamacare.

In the high-stakes litigation that a group of Republican states led by Texas initiated to take down the law, the California-led coalition working to defend it kicked off its opening brief telling the high court that many of the Affordable Care Act’s reforms “have proven indispensable in the context of the current pandemic.”

That same sentiment was echoed by the House of Representatives in its brief Wednesday.

“Although Congress may not have enacted the ACA with the specific purpose of combating ...