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No Vested Interest

(5,166 posts)
2. I heard - don't know where- on TV, I believe- that if the
Mon May 25, 2015, 07:52 PM
May 2015

Supremes vote against the ACA, the subsidies would remain in effect for one year.
Has anyone else heard that scenario?
Is that plausible?

i predict, first, the supremos won't gut it on a technicality; second, republicans will fix it. unblock May 2015 #1
yep, their worst nightmare will have come to pass: that Obamacare will become as popular CTyankee May 2015 #17
I heard - don't know where- on TV, I believe- that if the No Vested Interest May 2015 #2
it would entirely be up to the SCOTUS dsc May 2015 #4
I have heard that is not possible because it makes setting insurance rates for next year kairos12 May 2015 #25
The article says the Repuplicants would blame the Dems for passing flawed legislation DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #3
There's a simpler answer than looking at who appointed which Justice. Jim Lane May 2015 #8
That's a good way of looking at at it. Thank you for pointing it out./NT DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #9
But will our party leadership do that? blackspade May 2015 #24
It wouldn't need the leaders. Any legislator could introduce the bill. Jim Lane May 2015 #27
Comments by Alito and Boss Scalia indicate they would toss it back to Congress kairos12 May 2015 #26
Republicans will dance in the streets. graegoyle May 2015 #5
They won't dance in the streets when we use it as a campaign issue in 016 and hit them... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #7
It would be completely worth the suffering of the blameless people if that happened. graegoyle May 2015 #11
I hope your title is a typo. Ms. Toad May 2015 #13
+1 nt Quackers May 2015 #31
That assumes the candidate 47of74 May 2015 #21
Are we talking about the same party? nt awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #33
How would they even know? nxylas May 2015 #35
Yeah, policy makers could dance. But their party will be very short lived. lark May 2015 #15
No they wont feel anything, they'll send out their FUD to claim it's all dems fault and 2/3rds of th uponit7771 May 2015 #6
Yep. They shut down the government and suffered NOTHING. Arugula Latte May 2015 #14
I don't think that folks were OK with the shut down. Most polls have people dead set CTyankee May 2015 #19
Are millions ready to go back to no insurance lovuian May 2015 #10
The insurance companies would cut boner and the republicans off at the knees if anything Doctor_J May 2015 #12
Fascinating lark May 2015 #16
Legislative intent is clear as a bell in this case. dawg May 2015 #18
The quandary the wingnut justices have is if they adopt the plaintiffs' arguments, how do they geek tragedy May 2015 #20
From what I have heard, Scalia is a stickler textual correctness. And the case before the SCOTUS secondwind May 2015 #22
We're seeing an increasing difference in outcomes IronLionZion May 2015 #23
The lies caught up with them.... Spitfire of ATJ May 2015 #28
why have 'state exchanges' in the first place? quadrature May 2015 #29
Its a simple fix if they gut it. Kablooie May 2015 #30
No, the dumb asses awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #32
Scalia, Thomas and Alito will vote to gut it no matter what DFW May 2015 #34
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