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If the supreme court rules against the administration in King v. Burwell we'll see an absolute mess. Given the dynamics in Congress, there's no way that Congres
by GabrielF00 12y ago
If the supreme court rules against the administration in King v. Burwell we'll see an absolute mess. Given the dynamics in Congress, there's no way that Congress will do a simple amendment to clarify that states that use their own exchanges get subsidies. There's no way that Obama will accept Congress gutting his biggest achievement. It's possible that some of the 34 states effected will create their own exchanges - and hopefully the courts will delay the ruling for enough time to allow this to happen smoothly - but in many states the animosity towards Obamacare is so strong that this will not be possible. It seems likely that the result will be that millions of people will suddenly lose access to health care. And when that happens a lot of people who have chronic conditions will just stop going to the doctor and filling their prescriptions. The American Public Health Association says that this will result in an additional 9,800 deaths per year (the figure is likely to be lower than that depending on how much mitigation can be done).
- zzalpha 12y agoAnd in those states where the animosity is that strong, hopefully democracy will prevail and the state will reflect the will of the voters, either by resisting an exchange because the people don't want it, or by voters altering the makeup of their state government so that an exchange will be established. Obamacare doesn't fundamentally implode if a large number of red states opt out. But you gotta wonder what will happen if suddenly large numbers of folks in those states lose their coverage. http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudence/2015/03/red_states_will_suffer_if_the_supreme_court_overturns_obamacare_in_king.html http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/jurisprudenc...
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- bnolsen 12y agolosing access to health insurance != losing access to health care. they aren't the same thing. I like having access to health care. obamacare has been making sure people are insured (sort of like having stock options) while actively denying people actual care. Targeting doctors who break quotas and other very bad things have been going on.
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