King v. Burwell
The Court Upholds Federal Health Insurance Subsidies
King v. Burwell was featured in Health Insurance Subsidies, Supreme Court Debates (Apr. 2015). The following is excerpted from the summary of the 6-to-3 opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts, as prepared by the Court Reporter of Decisions: The Affordable Care Act Section 36B’s tax credits are available to individuals in States that have a Federal exchange. The tax credits are one of the Act’s key reforms, and whether they are available on Federal exchanges is a question of deep “economic and political significance”; had Congress wished to assign that question to an agency, it surely would have done so…
