Could the ACA exchanges go the way of the Medicaid expansion?
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If the D.C. Circuit panel ruling in Halbig stands, and the state exchanges currently run by the federal government are deemed unable to grant subsidies to health plan buyers who qualify for them under the ACA's criteria, Nicholas Bagley posits that "the states with federally established exchanges will come under enormous pressure to establish their own exchanges." The federal government could make it easy for them, Bagley suggests, essentially allowing them to decree that they've "established" exchanges while letting Healthcare.gov continue to run them. Thus the ACA would likely prove indelible after all:
Could the ACA exchanges go the way of the Medicaid expansion?
Could the ACA exchanges go the way of the…
Could the ACA exchanges go the way of the Medicaid expansion?
If the D.C. Circuit panel ruling in Halbig stands, and the state exchanges currently run by the federal government are deemed unable to grant subsidies to health plan buyers who qualify for them under the ACA's criteria, Nicholas Bagley posits that "the states with federally established exchanges will come under enormous pressure to establish their own exchanges." The federal government could make it easy for them, Bagley suggests, essentially allowing them to decree that they've "established" exchanges while letting Healthcare.gov continue to run them. Thus the ACA would likely prove indelible after all: