The healthcare case: Fear and loathing at the Supreme Court

On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case that might deny tax credits next year to Newsome and an estimated 9.3 million people in 34 states that use the federal health insurance marketplace at HealthCare.gov. Roughly two-thirds of them, or 6.3 million, probably would become uninsured in 2016, according to estimates by the Urban Institute, a centrist research center. Plaintiffs in the King v. Burwell case argue that the Affordable Care Act allows payment of tax credits and cost-sharing reductions only in the 16 states – and the District of Columbia – that set up their own insurance marketplaces.