By Grace-Marie Turner The Supreme Court justices had a lively discussion yesterday during arguments in King v. Burwell about who Congress intended to get health insurance subsidies and under what conditions. The central question is whether the Internal Revenue Service had the authority to write a rule authorizing subsidies to go to millions of people in the 37 states now operating under federal … [Read more...] about King v Burwell: Finding A Path Forward After An Executive Overreach
Archives for March 2015
Congress Planning Legislation After King v. Burwell Supreme Court Decision
By Grace-Marie Turner Congress is busily making plans for legislative action should the latest challenge to Obamacare prevail in the Supreme Court. On Wednesday, the justices will hear arguments in King v. Burwell to decide whether the IRS had the authority to write a rule authorizing subsidies to go to millions of people in the 37 states with federal exchanges. The plaintiffs say the language … [Read more...] about Congress Planning Legislation After King v. Burwell Supreme Court Decision
A New Fix for ObamaCare
By Grace-Marie Turner and Diana Furchtgott-Roth Early next month the Supreme Court will hear arguments in King v. Burwell, the latest significant legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The petitioners argue that under the statute, the federal government is not allowed to provide health insurance subsidies in the 37 states that have either declined or failed to establish their own … [Read more...] about A New Fix for ObamaCare
Health Care Focus Groups, Cleveland and Orlando
Health Care Focus Groups, Cleveland and Orlando, Feb. 16 & 17, 2015 Comments from participants in two groups of swing voters in federal exchange states: ObamaCare has made my insurance much more expensive. Health insurance is more expensive at least partly because I have to buy so many expensive benefits I don’t want or need. Because of ObamaCare’s rules, I wasn’t able to keep the … [Read more...] about Health Care Focus Groups, Cleveland and Orlando