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Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
Few States Have Contingency Plans If High Court Voids Subsidies
Millions of Americans could soon lose health insurance when the Supreme Court decides the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act this month, but states have made few concrete plans to deal with the potential fallout, and they may get little help from Washington, President Obama warned Monday. 鈥淚f somebody does something that doesn鈥檛 make any sense, then, it's hard 鈥 to fix,鈥 the president said, suggesting his administration can鈥檛 do much if the justices side with the health law鈥檚 Republican critics. (Levey, 6/8)
The online marketplace is a central part of the Affordable Care Act. It鈥檚 where 27-year-old Kathryn Ryan, a restaurant server in Philadelphia, immediately turned for health insurance coverage. "I was excited because if it weren鈥檛 for Obamacare, I wouldn鈥檛 be insured at all. I wouldn鈥檛 have the ability to go to the doctor," she says. (Gordon, 6/9)
