Bump!
But it was one particular line of Grubers advocacy that now merits notice. In videos of 2012 addresses uncovered earlier this year, Gruber boasted that the act was structured to let the administration squeeze the States to do itto set up exchanges themselves. I think whats important to remember politically about this is, if youre a State and you dont set up an exchange, that means your citizens dont get their tax credits, he added. I hope thats a blatant enough political reality that States will get their act together and realize there are billions of dollars at stake here in setting up these exchanges, and theyll do it.
But most states didnt do it. As the D.C. Circuit court noted this summer, only fourteen states and the District of Columbia have established Exchanges. The federal government has established Exchanges in the remaining thirty-six states, in some cases with state assistance but in most cases not. The states decision not to set up their own exchanges upset the administrations expectations, since it was counting on states to do so and thus accept federal subsidies for their citizens insurance. That unexpected development, the Obama administration recognized, undermined the programs workability, since the absence of subsidies would decrease individuals willingness or ability to comply with the individual mandate and purchase insurance........ Obamacares State of Crisis - Halbig, but King bigger