the trump administration celebrated the ruling but has said the law will remain in place. obamacare will remain in place during the appeal. if the ruling was upheld obamacare's popular consumer protections would disappear and that could have enormous consequences for tens of millions millions of americans. the urban institute estimated 17 million americans would lose their health insurance. protections for people with pre-existing conditions would also disappear. this means insurers could deny coverage for those patients or charge more potentially causing insurance premiums to skyrocket. if the current law went away insurers would no longer have to cover these so-called essential health benefits. look at this long list. emergency services. hospitalization. maternity and newborn care. in other words, you can buy coverage that won't have these