Report: A Republican Supreme Court Victory on Obamacare Could Backfire in 2016 Swing States

[Purveyor]

A new analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation reveals the massive premium hikes awaiting Americans in battleground states if the court rules against the healthcare law's subsidies.

Sahil Kapur
Jun 3, 2015 6:54 PM EDT

If Republicans get their way at the Supreme Court this month and wipe out Obamacare premium subsidies for millions of Americans, the ensuing damage to their party in 2016 swing states could be poignant.

A state-by-state analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that about 6.4 million Americans in 34 states that use the federal marketplace would lose a total of $1.7 trillion monthly tax credit dollars—an average of $272 per person—and face a net premium increase of 287 percent.

The effects would be particularly perilous in swing states, according to the Kaiser report.

“We could be looking at a moment of chaos.”
Senator Ron Johnson

In battleground Florida—home of presidential candidate Senator Marco Rubio and likely candidate Jeb Bush, as well as an open Senate seat in 2016—1.3 million residents would lose an average of $294 per month in health insurance tax credits and face a remarkable 359 percent premium hike.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2015-06-03/report-a-republican-supreme-court-victory-on-obamacare-could-backfire-in-2016-swing-states

[Romeo.lima333]

1. as cold as it may sound, scotus shooting down the subsidies may push bernie to clinton's level

[jwirr]

2. That is the truth but first we have to convince the people hurt in those states that it is not

Obama's fault. They have elected Rs to run their states and they will be told that it is not the states fault.

[Arkana]

3. Small comfort to the people who will lose access

to their health insurance.