Obamacare Subsidies Face Skeptical Appeals Court Judges

The Obama administration’s claim that its health-care overhaul allows financial aid to people who buy insurance through a federal exchange met skepticism from U.S. appeals court judges who suggested the law doesn’t provide for such subsidies.

The government’s argument that the court should look to Congress’s intent on the subsidies -- rather than at gaps in the statute opponents say make the payments illegal -- fell flat with U.S. Circuit Judge A. Raymond Randolph.