LANSING, Mich. — Attorney General Dana Nessel has filed a motion on behalf of the State of Michigan to join other states in a lawsuit to protect the Affordable Care Act after a Texas court ruled it unconstitutional.
Nessel wants Michigan to intervene in the federal lawsuit to defend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Nessel has the support of Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, according to a press release.
Nessel, along with three other attorneys general, are seeking permission to join 16 other states and Washington, D.C., in opposition to the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, which held that the ACA is unconstitutional.
As stated in the motion, Michigan, Colorado, Nevada and Iowa “seek to defend the ACA to protect their existing healthcare infrastructure and the orderly operation of their healthcare systems, which would be thrown in disarray if the ACA were ruled unconstitutional.”
“The Affordable Care Act provides important protections – including protecting people with pre-existing conditions – and access to health care for hundreds of thousands of residents in Michigan,” said Nessel on behalf of the governor and the state of Michigan.