Hospitals, physicians and health insurers are hoping the Supreme Court rules in favor of the defendant in the King v. Burwell case, NPR reports.
The plaintiff argues that people should not receive subsidies to offset the costs of coverage bought on health insurance exchanges in states in which the federal government operates the exchanges. If the Supreme Court rules in favor of the plaintiff, approximately 7 million people would lose their health insurance because they cannot afford to pay for coverage.
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the case on March 4.
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Tim Casey joined TriMed Media Group in 2015 as Executive Editor. For the previous four years, he worked as an editor and writer for HMP Communications, primarily focused on covering managed care issues and reporting from medical and health care conferences. He was also a staff reporter at the Sacramento Bee for more than four years covering professional, college and high school sports. He earned his undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Notre Dame and his MBA degree from Georgetown University.