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King V. Burwell: The Supreme Court Case That Could Destroy Obamacare

Scott Lemieux · 03/04/15 11:45AM

Right now, the Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments in the latest challenge to the Affordable Care Act cooked up by radical libertarians. If the challenge wins, the results would be catastrophic: a majority of the state's health care markets would be turned into chaos, with plenty of needless suffering and death as a result. Why is such a horrible result possible? Let me try to explain.