Supreme Court Takes the Obamacare Subsidy Case–Justices Will Rule Before July 1

In a Wow moment, the Supreme Court announced Friday that they will take one of the four pending "Halbig" cases––specifically King v. Burwell.

The issue is over whether the new health law actually authorizes the payment of premium subsidies in the 37 states that will rely upon the federal government to run their exchange in 2015.

This effort is being made on a number of fronts but has been
SOURCE: Health Care Policy and Marketplace Review – Read entire story here.

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