Overview of the King v. Burwell Supreme Court case

With the Supreme Court hearing oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case on March 4, the Washington Post reports the case is the biggest challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in three years.

In June 2012, the Supreme Court ruled the individual mandate was legal and held up the ACA’s provision that most people would have to purchase insurance or be fined. In the King v. Burwell case, the justices will determine if the federal government can provide subsidies to help offset the costs of insurance for nearly 8 million people.

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Tim Casey,

Executive Editor

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.

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