Supreme Court agrees to hear Obamacare cases with billions of dollars at stake

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The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge from health insurers who argue the federal government owes them hefty Obamacare payments

argue the federal government owes them hefty Obamacare payments, stoking the possibility

in the early years of the law's insurance marketplaces. The justices' decision to take the case means it will reconsider an earlierThe Supreme Court’s action directly affects lawsuits filed by just three small insurers, but its eventual ruling will serve as a precedent for dozens of other similarStory Continued Below

However, a ruling for the insurers would represent a politically awkward defeat for a Trump administration that's failed to rip out Obamacare, a priority for the president's base.Get the latest on the health care fight, every weekday morning — in your inbox.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.

 

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Ya’ll what free healthcare for all? Ring ring ain’t nothin free in this lifetime. Pay the man!

Trump spent it...on his last golf outing.

it's called the Affordable Care Act

If anything the Insurance companies owe the people! A person spends more than $12k per annual weather they go to the dr or not... But they make you wait a year when they make a mistake on your file so to take your cash to line their own pockets! I say they need to be eliminated!

How is it possible that while something is STILL LAW, the president can just blatantly not follow it, yet there are virtually zero repercussions I speed 5mph and get a ticket I cant afford yet this piece of orange shit breaks the law repeatedly and it's fine.

There they go again! Those private health insurers that everyone knows and loves. Enough is enough. We need MedicareForAll

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