Congressmen, Families USA Defend ACA Subsidies Amid New Amicus Briefs

Two current and former congressmen said Wednesday (Jan. 28) that a U.S. Supreme Court ruling to make subsidies unavailable through the federal health insurance exchange in King v. Burwell would go against the way they wrote the law and their intent to provide health insurance to all Americans. The idea that congressmen who had spent their careers in public service campaigning for universal health care would then draft a law narrowing the pool based on where people live rather than...