4 Scenarios for Republicans to Consider If Obamacare Subsidies End

Today in bad news for the left: the Supreme Court announced Friday that it will hear arguments on the legality of Obamacare subsidies in states using the federal exchange. In other words, in June 2015 the court could rule that the subsidies used by millions of Americans to purchase health insurance are illegal.

Vox has a great explainer on the specifics of this King v. Burwell, but here’s the short version: The case’s plaintiffs argue that the Affordable Care Act, as written, only authorizes federal subsidies for state-run exchanges, and the states that decided to use the federal exchange are not eligible. The administration argues that Congress’s intent was for all states to qualify for subsidies, something the actual drafters of the bill have repeated.