If Obamacare is the Disease, Freedom is the Cure

The "Affordable Care" Act is anything but. King v. Burwell may grant a reprieve.

by Rod D. Martin
April 22, 2015

The Affordable Care Act could be in danger if the United States Supreme Court rules this June (King v. Burwell) that the Obama Administration illegally allowed subsidy payments through federal exchanges. As a result, Republicans will have an opportunity to amend the healthcare law.

Economist, former  U.S. Senator and onetime Presidential contender Phil Gramm writes in the Wall Street Journal:

The language of the Affordable Care Act states that subsidies should only be paid through state exchanges. The bill’s authors perhaps believed that pressure from citizens and the health-care providers who would benefit would entice states to set up exchanges. But, faced with mounting technical problems in setting up the exchanges, the Obama administration decided—legally or illegally—to allow subsidies to be paid through a federally run exchange. Therefore, political pressure that might have convinced states to set up exchanges never developed.

With 13 million people re…