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The plaintiffs in this case, and the many Republicans in Congress who are cheering them on, want to eliminate the current tax credits that enable millions of Americans of modest means to buy health insurance.
Let's think about what those rooting for a 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court conservatives are actually hoping for.
They're hoping to cost about seven million Americans an average of $3,164 per year.
They're hoping to cause health insurance premiums for those Americans to rise by an average of 322 percent -- in other words, for cost to more than quadruple.
In short, the outcome they're hoping for means dire financial consequences for millions of middle-class families -- an outcome that, for many, could cause them to lose their health insurance entirely because it simply wouldn't be feasible for them to afford it anymore.
Let's think about what those rooting for a 5-4 decision by the Supreme Court conservatives are actually hoping for.
They're hoping to cost about seven million Americans an average of $3,164 per year.
They're hoping to cause health insurance premiums for those Americans to rise by an average of 322 percent -- in other words, for cost to more than quadruple.
In short, the outcome they're hoping for means dire financial consequences for millions of middle-class families -- an outcome that, for many, could cause them to lose their health insurance entirely because it simply wouldn't be feasible for them to afford it anymore.
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They ram Obamacare through unconstitutionally, wrecking an imperfect system but one that worked for the time-being, but NOW IT IS OUR FAULT if the Supremes rule the subsidies to be nonapplicable to the 37 states who opted out. And, this is the extent that republicans want to raise their flag to fight the health care law at this point. You couldn't make this stuff up. They better hope they get smacked down cause the next wave of middle class and lower people that lose their insurance is likely gonna fall at their feet. I hope this isn't the self-sabotage that it appears to be.