On March 25, news outlets reported that the Department Of Justice is now asking courts to strike down the entire Affordable Care Act, a departure from the DOJ’s previous position that certain parts of the law were unconstitutional but the rest could be left alone. If courts were to agree with the DOJ’s new position, the effects on the #healthcare system would be astronomical and millions of people could lose their coverage.

Despite the gravity of the new position, however, NBC’s Today Show ignored the news.

MSNBC’s Morning Joe also all but ignored the story, with host Joe Scarborough mentioning it in passing. In contrast, the Today Show’s major network competitors, CBS This Morning and ABC’s Good Morning America, briefly reported on the DOJ’s new position and noted that it puts millions of people at risk of losing their health care coverage. Health care costs are one of the top issues for Americans. Mainstream outlets can’t just ignore major shifts in government policies like this.