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He says they鈥檙e better off having some insurance coverage, even if they have high deductibles. But advocates say they lose access to free clinics and can鈥檛 afford to use their coverage because of the deductibles.
After Supreme Court鈥檚 ruling, the HHS secretary says the administration faces challenges to enroll more people in marketplace plans and expand Medicaid.
In its first five years, the Affordable Care Act has survived technical meltdowns, a presidential election, two Supreme Court challenges -- including one resolved Thursday -- and dozens of repeal efforts in Congress. But its long-term future still isn鈥檛 ensured. Here are five of the biggest hurdles left for the law.
The 6-3 ruling stopped a challenge that would have erased subsidies in at least 34 states for individuals and families buying insurance through the federal government鈥檚 online marketplace.
The Supreme Court Thursday upheld a key part of the 2010 health law 鈥 tax subsidies for people who buy health insurance on marketplaces run by the federal government. KHN鈥檚 Mary Agnes Carey discusses the decision with Stuart Taylor Jr., of the Brookings Institution, and KHN鈥檚 Julie Appleby.
Lawmakers and policy experts offered a range of views on the high court鈥檚 long-awaited decision.
The president says that "in many ways, the law is working better than we expected it to."
Among the challenges for these online exchanges set up by the health law are attracting more customers, keeping consumers鈥 health costs affordable and quality high, and finding enough financing.
Those receiving subsidies express relief, jubilation at high court鈥檚 ruling.
Seniors can opt to stay in their marketplace plans when they become eligible for Medicare, but most lose their access to subsidies and failing to move into Medicare promptly results in premium penalties.
Property owners in Dallas County, Texas, paid more than $467 million in taxes last year to Parkland Health and Hospital System, the county鈥檚 only public hospital, to provide medical care to the poor and uninsured. If Texas had expanded Medicaid, that amount would have been lower.
If the Supreme Court invalidates some Obamacare tax subsidies, individual health insurance marketplaces in places like North Carolina could be hurt by the remaining deluge of sick people who keep coverage -- and the higher insurance premiums their presence demands.
The problems with managed care plans, documented in a recent state audit, stem from meteoric enrollment growth and lack of oversight, experts say.
The nonpartisan agency says the repeal favored by many Republicans would also increase the deficit between $137 billion to $353 billion over 10 years.
The Supreme Court is expected to rule on healthcare subsidies soon. As the country awaits the decision, NewsHour interviewed people who would be personally affected by the ruling, and Julie Rovner of Kaiser Health News answers their concerns.
The problems are affecting consumers all over the country, say enrollment agents.
Here鈥檚 a breakdown of the King v. Burwell arguments that challenge and support whether the health law鈥檚 tax subsidies can be used to buy insurance through the federal government鈥檚 online marketplace.
No tax credit means no health insurance at all for tens of thousands of Georgians.
Coverage for labor and delivery for young women who are on their parents鈥 health plan is not guaranteed under key health laws.
President Obama touts the health law鈥檚 success in driving the uninsured rate 鈥渢o its lowest level ever.鈥 But it鈥檚 hard to prove that.
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