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High court will uphold Obamacare subsidies

By The Hill  
   November 25, 2014

Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell expressed confidence Monday that the Supreme Court will rule for the administration in a challenge to premium tax credits distributed by federal health insurance exchanges. Burwell, speaking during a visit to Dallas to promote open enrollment, said lawmakers wanted every eligible enrollee to receive subsidies, not just those in certain states. "The United States Congress did not intend that some states, and citizens of only some states, would benefit from this and residents of other states would not," Burwell said, according to WOAI News in San Antonio. "This was not the intent of the law."

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