House Republicans said Friday they were forming a group to craft legislation that could replace Obamacare, parts of which are threatened by the upcoming Supreme Court case King v. Burwell.
The plaintiffs in the case argue that the Affordable Care Act only allows for healthcare subsidies to flow through state-run insurance exchanges, and that the federal exchange is illegal. If the court rules in their favor with no legislative fix in place, anywhere from four to nine million people in the 36 states using the federal exchange could lose their health insurance.
“If the Supreme Court rules as we expect, then millions more families will have their coverage in danger because Obamacare is fundamentally flawed,” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said in a statement Friday. “So we’re going to keep working to protect hardworking taxpayers from the fallout of Obamacare and move toward the ultimate goal of a patient-centered system.”
McCarthy said that the group would also have a contingency legislation in place to prevent any fallouts from King v. Burwell.
