Morning Briefing
Summaries of health policy coverage from major news organizations
High Court Weighs Whether To Hear Health Law Challenge
The Supreme Court is expected to announce this week whether or not it will hear the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act鈥攖he King versus Burwell case. That case asks whether the Affordable Care Act should be taken literally. (Marshall-Genzer, 11/3)
Right now, the U.S. Supreme Court is deciding whether to hear a case that could have devastating implications for Obamacare and hundreds of thousands of people currently receiving health insurance through its exchanges. The case, King v. Burwell, is one of several challenges based on language in the Affordable Care Act that authorizes the government to offer subsidies to people who enroll in policies sold on the health exchanges. (Ehley, 10/31)
