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PPACA subsidies meet skeptical questioning at appeals court

If President Barack Obamas signature health-care law unravels, it could be for want of a single number in crucial passages of the 2,409-page statute.

By Andrew Zajac | Updated on March 25, 2014
President Obama signs the PPACA at the White House March 23, 2010 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

March 25 (Bloomberg) — The Obama administration’s claim that its health-care overhaul allows subsidies on health plans bought through a federal exchange met skepticism from an appeals court panel, with two judges suggesting the law as written doesn’t support the payments.

The government’s argument that the court should look to Congress’s intent on the subsidies, rather than gaps in the statute opponents say make the payments illegal, fell flat with U.S. Circuit Judge A. Raymond Randolph.

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