D.C. Circuit court rules 2-1 against federal ObamaCare subsidies in Halbig vs. Burwell:
In a case with potential to scramble the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that federal subsidies for health insurance were not properly designed.
If upheld by the Supreme Court, the ruling could limit subsidies on the federal healthcare.gov exchange currently used by 36 states.
This is breaking news that doesn’t even appear to be up on the Google News index, and I haven’t seen a direct link to the decision yet.
Instead of invalidating ObamaCare outright, the federal judicial system seems to have successively gutted it in ways most likely to inflict massive electoral defeats on the Democratic Party while giving them nothing to show for it…
Update: Here’s Jonathan Adler’s piece on the decision, as well as a link to the decision itself.
Update 2: But wait! The 4th District Court has ruled in favor of federal ObamaCare subsidies in the King vs. Burwell case.
Confused? You won’t be, after this episode of Soap the Supreme Court takes up the case…
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