What the Court Did, Why, and What it Means for Politics and Health Care Policy
We got very good news from the Supreme Court today. There are no constitutional barriers to the ACA going fully into effect. The exchanges, subsidies for insurance and the expansion of Medicaid will provide affordable insurance for over thirty million people who donāt have it now. Over a hundred million people will be protected from losing their insurance or paying more if they have pre-existing conditions or are older or women. And the provisions already in placeāthat make preventive care free, that reduce pharmaceutical costs for seniors, that enable people 26 and younger to stay on the insurance of the parentsāwill remain in place. This is all great news. And it would not have happened without all the hard work you did in support of what became the ACA. That work didnāt stop after the legislation was passed. As I explain more below, the decision today was in no smallā¦ Continue reading