Trump May Face An Early Test On Obamacare That Could Tell Us A Lot

A procedural step taken by the House GOP in its lawsuit targeting Obamacare is an early but revealing signal of the choices congressional Republicans and President-elect Donald Trump will face in repealing the Affordable Care Act.

House Republicans led by Speaker Paul Ryan filed a court document Monday evening asking an appeals court to pause the proceedings in the case, known as House v. Burwell. A senior GOP aide said the move was made to give the new administration the opportunity to weigh how to handle the lawsuit. What happens next (assuming the court grants Republicans the delay) could be an important indication of how the Trump administration and his congressional counterparts will work together moving forward on the larger repeal effort, and whether they are willing to wreak chaos on consumers in order to dismantle Obamacare.