More from King v. Burwell: Obamacare subsidies upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on Obamacare. And it could prove disastrous for the administration — and for millions of individuals and families who have found affordable coverage under the law.
There are thousands of pages of legal briefs in the case. But you really just need to know these three key points.
A victory in the courts might become a problem for Republicans on Capitol Hill.
Republicans plan to swap out one political problem for another.
When you try to repeal Obamacare and maintain the law’s subsidies, it turns out you end up with some very bizarre policy outcomes.
The lawyer, the law professor, the libertarian, and the unlikely search for Obamacare’s secret weakness.
It’s so tempting to do this math: four united liberal justices plus one skeptical Anthony Kennedy equals a victory again for Obamacare at the Supreme Court. Don’t fall for it.
The Supreme Court’s oral arguments on King v. Burwell - a legal challenge that could dismantle Obamacare — were full of surprises.Sarah Kliff was there.
Three paragraphs are all you need.
The justice seemed skeptical of the challenge to Obamacare.
The case is a serious threat to President Barack Obama’s signature health-care law.
The takeaway from the day is similar to where the law was in 2012: at the hands of a court that could go in a variety of directions.
This is the craziest thing about the Republican plan to destroy Obamacare: if they win, their states lose.
This is a very big deal.
If you want to understand the consequences of a potential ruling against Obamacare in the new Supreme Court challenge, King v. Burwell, this graphic from Vox’s Joss Fong is the clearest summary.
Is there a legal argument that could offer a win for both Obamacare and conservatives in the new Supreme Court case?
Since early 2014, five separate courts have issued rulings on the issue in three separate health law challenges.
And even if they did have a plan, the House could never pass it.
The Affordable Care Act’s “most relentless antagonist” explains why he thinks the subsidies on Healthcare.gov are illegal.
“It was always intended that the federal fallback exchange would do everything that the statute told the states to do, which includes delivering the subsidies,” one former Republican staffer says.
The Eastern District Court of Oklahoma ruled to strike down Obamacare’s subsides on federal exchanges, consistent with a ruling in a related lawsuit earlier in the summer.
A major ruling against Obamacare is getting a second look.
In covering Halbig, the media is fighting about all the wrong things.
Will millions of Americans have to pay back billions in Obamacare subsidies?
