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lovuian

(19,362 posts) Mon May 25, 2015, 07:31 PM May 2015

Ruling may gut 'Obamacare,' but Republicans would feel the heat if millions lose subsidies [View all]

http://news.yahoo.com/ugly-potential-fallout-supreme-court-115504301.html

Ruling may gut 'Obamacare,' but Republicans would feel the heat if millions lose subsidies

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A Supreme Court ruling due in a few weeks could wipe out health insurance for millions of people covered by President Barack Obama's health care law. But it's Republicans — not White House officials — who have been talking about damage control.

A likely reason: Twenty-six of the 34 states that would be most affected by the ruling have Republican governors, and 22 of the 24 GOP Senate seats up in 2016 are in those states.

will those who lose their insurance be ready to vote against those who took it away?

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Ruling may gut 'Obamacare,' but Republicans would feel the heat if millions lose subsidies [View all] lovuian May 2015 OP

i predict, first, the supremos won't gut it on a technicality; second, republicans will fix it. unblock May 2015 #1

yep, their worst nightmare will have come to pass: that Obamacare will become as popular CTyankee May 2015 #17

I heard - don't know where- on TV, I believe- that if the No Vested Interest May 2015 #2

it would entirely be up to the SCOTUS dsc May 2015 #4

I have heard that is not possible because it makes setting insurance rates for next year kairos12 May 2015 #25

The article says the Repuplicants would blame the Dems for passing flawed legislation DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #3

There's a simpler answer than looking at who appointed which Justice. Jim Lane May 2015 #8

That's a good way of looking at at it. Thank you for pointing it out./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #9

But will our party leadership do that? blackspade May 2015 #24

It wouldn't need the leaders. Any legislator could introduce the bill. Jim Lane May 2015 #27

Comments by Alito and Boss Scalia indicate they would toss it back to Congress kairos12 May 2015 #26

Republicans will dance in the streets. graegoyle May 2015 #5

They won't dance in the streets when we use it as a campaign issue in 016 and hit them... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #7

It would be completely worth the suffering of the blameless people if that happened. graegoyle May 2015 #11

I hope your title is a typo. Ms. Toad May 2015 #13

+1 nt Quackers May 2015 #31

That assumes the candidate 47of74 May 2015 #21

Are we talking about the same party? nt awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #33

How would they even know? nxylas May 2015 #35

Yeah, policy makers could dance. But their party will be very short lived. lark May 2015 #15

No they wont feel anything, they'll send out their FUD to claim it's all dems fault and 2/3rds of th uponit7771 May 2015 #6

Yep. They shut down the government and suffered NOTHING. Arugula Latte May 2015 #14

I don't think that folks were OK with the shut down. Most polls have people dead set CTyankee May 2015 #19

Are millions ready to go back to no insurance lovuian May 2015 #10

The insurance companies would cut boner and the republicans off at the knees if anything Doctor_J May 2015 #12

Fascinating lark May 2015 #16

Legislative intent is clear as a bell in this case. dawg May 2015 #18

The quandary the wingnut justices have is if they adopt the plaintiffs' arguments, how do they geek tragedy May 2015 #20

From what I have heard, Scalia is a stickler textual correctness. And the case before the SCOTUS secondwind May 2015 #22

We're seeing an increasing difference in outcomes IronLionZion May 2015 #23

The lies caught up with them.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #28

why have 'state exchanges' in the first place? quadrature May 2015 #29

Its a simple fix if they gut it. Kablooie May 2015 #30

No, the dumb asses awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #32

Scalia, Thomas and Alito will vote to gut it no matter what DFW May 2015 #34