Senate Language Left Out Of Final ACA Could Doom Administration In King

March 13, 2015 at 2:48 PM
The U.S. Supreme Court’s long-held belief that a statute says what it means and means what it says -- no matter its drafting history -- could spell trouble for the Obama administration’s case to keep the Affordable Care Act intact. Sections of the Senate's legislation included precise language allowing the federal government to create health insurance exchanges in states that did not opt to do so themselves and provide tax credit subsidies, but those sections were left out when instructions...


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