GOP - hurt your own and blame it on 0bama or if you like your subsidy you can't keep your subsidy. At least not in red states or How to shoot yourself in the foot in one easy law suit or oops
The U.S. Supreme Court, which next week begins to hear a case that could decide whether millions of Americans retain subsidies to buy health insurance under the Affordable Care Act, could harm low income people in states generally governed by Republicans who support derailing the law.
At stake in the case known as King v. Burwell is whether subsidies are illegal because wording in the health law rules out subsidies in
are using the federal exchange to buy coverage and most are essentially led by Republican governors or legislatures that have intense disdain for the Affordable Care Act. Opponents of the law brought the case, which is laid out in more detail in Scotusblog. A court decision would likely be handed down in June.
Below are two charts that look at the specific costs and states that purchased coverage on exchanges, or what are below called the
research firm Avalere Health indicate.
If the high court rules against the Obama administration (the defendant is U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell), an estimated 8 million Americans would lose subsidies and insurance markets could be upset in the three dozen states that used the federal exchange.
said Dan Mendelson, chief executive of Avalere Health.
Here are two charts from Avalere Health outlining the states and ramifications the Supreme Court could have should its ruling eliminate subsidies from Americans who purchased coverage on the federal exchange, or FFM:
20150226 - King v Burwell Impact Analysis MapChart below shows the average premium increase would be 255 percent on average for 7.5 million Americans who purchased coverage on the
each state for those who purchased on the federal exchange.