U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria rejected a bid by Democratic state officials to temporarily block the White House from restoring healthcare subsidies called for in the Affordable Care Act, saying the president’s action is likely to be lawful and will cause little immediate harm.

Most states anticipated Trump’s action and established measures to keep health insurance premiums stable.

A coalition of 19 Democratic Attorney Generals argued immediate elimination of the payments would inflict multimillion-dollar losses on carriers and compel them to raise premiums, potentially forcing people to forgo coverage. They contend the ACA requires those payments be made, even though a U.S. judge in Washington disagreed in a 2016 decision that is currently under appeal.

While the court declined to restore the payments immediately, the lawsuit will proceed.  “The actions by the Trump administration undermine critical payments that keep costs of health care affordable for working families. “The judge made clear in his ruling that the ACA is the law of the land.