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King v Burwell
11 ways the GOP sabotaged Obamacare
July 26, 2019 – The story of Obamacare's problems is not complete unless we take a look back at all the ways Republican lawmakers took steps to…
Thank you, Justice Roberts, for saving our butts
June 28, 2015 – John Boehner would never say it publicly, but he has to envy Roberts. Here's what I think Boehner would say in a letter to Roberts if he…
No, Obamacare supporters. The game is not over.
June 25, 2015 – With all of the celebratory headlines about the King v Burwell ruling, the game is far from over. The ACA – which continues to help…
Financial ruin for millions? #ThanksGOP
June 9, 2015 – #ThanksGOP: A good 13 million or more could face financial chaos and genuine medical danger ... all because a guy at the CATO Institute…
The life-or-death impact of King v. Burwell
June 3, 2015 – "There are people who are going to survive because they have gotten insurance through Obamacare – there are people who will not die…
Letting the air out of rate-increase hysteria
May 19, 2015 – The 2016 rate-increase hysteria has already started. Before you freak out, here are four things to remember about premium-hike…
Wriggling out of a post-King crisis
May 18, 2015 – If a SCOTUS ruling for the plaintiffs deep-sixes subsidies, could Congressional Republicans manage a 'Houdini-like'…
Justices Kennedy, Roberts are ‘votes in play’
March 4, 2015 – This morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in King v. Burwell, the lawsuit that claims that the Affordable Care Act only allows…
Anatomy of a true health insurance death spiral
March 4, 2015 – AHIP warned that eliminating the subsidies ... would quickly lead to the collapse of the individual health insurance market in those states…
Succeed or fail, challenge may push rates higher
March 3, 2015 – Because of all this uncertainty, insurers reportedly are thinking of pricing their policies higher for 2016 than they would if they knew…
If SCOTUS nukes Obamacare, what happens next?
February 23, 2015 – A negotiation will, of course, take place if the Supreme Court drops the King bomb on the ACA. And Michael Leavitt, who sat in Sylvia…
Santa, help keep the ‘affordable’ in ACA
December 20, 2014 – If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs it could mean that people buying insurance in 34 states – that's 4 1/2 million…