{"id":48698,"date":"2015-03-05T16:20:25","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T16:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1\/site\/2017\/2\/1985\/wp_wonkblog_five_key_takeaways_from_the_supreme_courts_obamacare_hearing_ye\/"},"modified":"2015-03-05T16:20:25","modified_gmt":"2015-03-05T16:20:25","slug":"wp_wonkblog_five_key_takeaways_from_the_supreme_courts_obamacare_hearing_ye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=48698","title":{"rendered":"(WP Wonkblog) Five key takeaways from the Supreme Court\u2019s Obamacare hearing yesterday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Based on oral arguments this morning, the latest Supreme Court showdown over Obamacare could lead to another narrow ruling determining the fate of the health-care program. Here are five important takeaways from the hearing in King v. Burwell, a challenge an IRS rule providing financial assistance to millions purchasing health insurance through federal-run exchanges offered in states that did not create their own online marketplaces&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>(1) The vote will be close. The four justices from the court&#8217;s liberal wing appear on board with the Obama administration&#8217;s argument that all exchanges &#8212; whether state or federal &#8212; can offer subsidies. Justice Anthony Kennedy and Chief Justice John Roberts are still potential swing votes. Justices Antonin Scalia and Samuel Alito seem to sympathize with the plaintiffs&#8217; argument that the text of the Affordable Care Act only authorizes subsidies in state-run exchanges&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/blogs\/wonkblog\/wp\/2015\/03\/04\/five-key-takeaways-from-the-supreme-courts-obamacare-hearing-today\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Based on oral arguments this morning, the latest Supreme Court showdown over Obamacare could lead to another narrow ruling determining the fate of the health-care program. Here are five important takeaways from the hearing in King v. Burwell, a challenge<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=48698\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39,40,513,582,589,149,168,104,114,593,151,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-48698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture-watch","category-economics-politics","category-the-2009-american-health-care-reform-debate","category-consumerconsumer-spending","category-corporationscorporate-life","category-economy","category-ethics-moral-theology","category-health-medicine","category-law-legal-issues","category-personal-finance","category-politics-in-general","category-theology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}