The Government Has No Backup Plan If Court Rules Against Obamacare

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June 17, 2015
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Professor Hank Greely weighs in on the upcoming Supreme Court decision over Obamacare, and what the decision could mean for millions of Americans. 

Millions of Americans could lose their insurance if the U.S. Supreme Court rules against President Barack Obama on his health-care law. And with the decision due in the next two weeks, the government has no backup plan.

The court will say whether tax subsidies under Obamacare that make insurance more affordable for 6.4 million people in 34 states are legal. If it decides they aren’t, that would trigger a high-stakes debate between the administration and Congress over how to respond. Most of the states have no answer either.

“Most of the court would be reluctant to come down with a decision that would immediately end insurance subsidies for millions of Americans, so I think there will be pressure in the court to find a decision that won’t do that,” said Hank Greely, director of the Stanford University Center for Law and the Biosciences.

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