Hershey, Pa. — Republicans met privately on Thursday to discuss how they’ll respond if the Supreme Court strips health insurance subsidies from millions of Americans in a case about the validity of Obamacare premium tax credits in three-dozen states.
The discussion of the case King v. Burwell — set to be decided by the end of June — loomed large in a strategy meeting on health care held at a resort hotel here in the afternoon. Republicans didn’t come away with a plan.
“The discussion centered on the best strategy in context of the upcoming King v. Burwell Supreme Court case … and moving quickly to show the country Republicans have a patient-centered response to King v. Burwell,” an aide in the room, who wasn’t authorized to speak on the record, said after the meeting.
The discussion was led by House Ways & Means Chair Paul Ryan (R-WI) and House Energy & Commerce Chair Fred Upton (R-MI), the aide said.
“We’re obviously doing contingency planning for King v. Burwell,” Ryan told reporters after the meeting. “It would be wrong not to. … That’s something that is an ongoing conversation and we’re doing all of our diligence on that.”
Thank God…someone better kill it quick…
Because freedom? Or better, Benghazi!
Their patient centered response is real simple. Let the patient pay for their own health care
Or they could just tighten up the language in the existing law. But plotting sounds like so much more fun!
I"m certain actually HAVING a health care plan-well, that won’t be one of their responses.