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Working class would be hit hardest by ACA subsidy repeal

If the Supreme Court sides with the plaintiffs in the King v Burwell case, low- and middle-income workers will be hit hardest,  according to an Urban Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation  r eport. 

Despite bumps in the road, healthcare leaders say ACA isn't going anywhere

The Affordable Care Act isn't going anywhere. At least that was the consensus from last week's annual J.P. Morgan Healthcare conference.

States, not Congress, will likely pick up slack after King v. Burwell

If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiffs in King v. Burwell, it will be up to either Congress or the states to tweak the Affordable Care Act.

The Affordable Care Act needs an upgrade, not a rip and replace

The Affordable Care Act isn't a piece of software, but the way it has been written, implemented, updated and challenged is reminiscent of the software development process. What the ACA needs now is an upgrade, not a rip-and-replace job.

ACA subsidies 'essential' to individual market, studies show

If the U.S. Supreme Court determines federal subsidies are illegal when it rules in the King v. Burwell case, it would dramatically increase costs and lower enrollment in the individual market, according to two separate studies.

King v. Burwell will define healthcare politics in 2015

The Supreme Court's decision in the King v. Burwell case will define the path for healthcare politics in 2015 and beyond, according to Kaiser Family Foundation President and CEO Drew Altman.  

States could forestall King v. Burwell outcome, but it won't be easy

Ever since the Supreme Court announced that it will  hear King v. Burwell to determine the legality of the Affordable Care Act's subsidies, there has been a lot of speculation as to how the ruling will play out. Affected s tates could offset the case's outcome by building their own exchanges--but  that's easier said than done.

In subsidy battle, too much hand-wringing and not enough analysis

Since the U.S. Supreme Court decided last month it would hear the case of King v. Burwell, my colleagues in the media have been worrying aloud as to whether the Affordable Care Act will be gunned...