LOL....hoist, meet petard.
if Roberts were... influenced... how could he possibly make himself believe that Sebelius would with assurance be the only Obamacare case that he would ever hear, and the only controversial case that he would ever hear.
That is, if Roberts were ... capable of being influenced... then what kept him away from (say) overdosing on sleeping pills 2 years ago.
(Just wondering aloud.)
Obama has never heard of this Gruber character.
If you’re a state and you don’t accept an exchange, that means your citizens don’t get their tax credits. But your citizens still pay the taxes to support this bill. So you’re essentially saying to your citizens, you’re going to pay all the taxes to support all the states in this country.
One factor that isn’t mentioned often is the SCOTUS ruling in their Obamacare decision that states could not be required to expand their Medicaid coverage, as Obamacare attempted to require.
That gave states an incentive to not expand Medicaid, and an opportunity to save huge amounts of money in the future. It probably also significantly increased the number of states who also decided to not establish their own exchanges.
I do believe that if there are no subsidies available, the employee mandate cannot be enforced.
I would surely rather not have insurance than have to buy the 0-care insurance. Perhaps non-participating states could allow insurance companies to create non-qualified plans which would be cheaper because of less mandated coverage.