Majority Wants Court To Uphold Obamacare

By 55% to 38%, Americans want the Supreme Court to uphold the Affordable Care Act, according to a Washington Post/ABC News poll.

At issue in King v. Burwell is whether low- and moderate-income Americans living in certain states should be allowed to receive tax subsidies to buy health insurance. The challengers say a straightforward reading of the law means the credits are available only for those who buy insurance in marketplaces, or exchanges, that are “established by the state” — rather than on the federal marketplace. If the court agrees, millions of people in 34 states that didn’t set up their own exchanges could lose federal subsidies, which could undermine the entire law.

Public opinion on providing subsidies splits in predictably partisan ways — but not overwhelmingly so. Nearly two-thirds of Democrats (65 percent) say the court should not take action to block health insurance subsidies. Fifty-five percent of Republicans say the court should rule against the subsidies. Independents side with keeping subsidies, 57 percent to 36 percent.

By: Alan

Alan Colmes is the publisher of Liberaland.