Fight At US Supreme Court Over Health Law Affects Illinois
From the Associated Press
A case being heard at the U.S. Supreme Court next week challenges health insurance subsidies for more than 270,000 Illinois residents and many more people in states that did not set up their own insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's health overhaul.
Any decision against the subsidies, according to an amicus brief signed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 21 other states, "would destroy state insurance markets and render the (Affordable Care Act) unworkable." The brief, filed Jan. 28, argues that Congress intended the health law to cover all Americans.
The issue rests on the interpretation of four words in the health care law. The challengers argue the law provides subsidies only to people who get their insurance through an exchange "established by the state." About three dozen states — including Illinois — have not established their own marketplaces and instead rely on the federal HealthCare.gov system.
Obama's law offers subsidized private insurance to people who don't have access to it on the job. Without financial assistance with their premiums, millions of those consumers would drop coverage.
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From the Associated Press
A case being heard at the U.S. Supreme Court next week challenges health insurance subsidies for more than 270,000 Illinois residents and many more people in states that did not set up their own insurance exchanges under President Barack Obama's health overhaul.
Any decision against the subsidies, according to an amicus brief signed by Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and 21 other states, "would destroy state insurance markets and render the (Affordable Care Act) unworkable." The brief, filed Jan. 28, argues that Congress intended the health law to cover all Americans.
The issue rests on the interpretation of four words in the health care law. The challengers argue the law provides subsidies only to people who get their insurance through an exchange "established by the state." About three dozen states — including Illinois — have not established their own marketplaces and instead rely on the federal HealthCare.gov system.
Obama's law offers subsidized private insurance to people who don't have access to it on the job. Without financial assistance with their premiums, millions of those consumers would drop coverage.
Read more in our daily News Update...