Perk up your ears, GOP: 40 percent of your fellow Republicans are in favor of subsidized health premiums.
This blast comes from a survey done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, which asked people across the U.S. what they thought Congress should do if the U.S. Supreme Court strikes down the current federal premium subsidies. The vast majority favored a new federal law offering the subsidies to everyone regardless of the state they live in. And four out of 10 self-identifying Republicans said they were in favor of such a law.
Of course, the GOP may never be put to that test should the court rule that the federal subsidies are legal. Right now, state exchange insurance packages come with a state subsidy; those aren't being challenged by King v. Burwell. Rather than asking for a state-by-state subsidy in those states that would be affected by an adverse (to the Obama administration) ruling, respondents favored a federal law covering all states.
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Dan Cook
Dan Cook is a journalist and communications consultant based in Portland, OR. During his journalism career he has been a reporter and editor for a variety of media companies, including American Lawyer Media, BusinessWeek, Newhouse Newspapers, Knight-Ridder, Time Inc., and Reuters. He specializes in health care and insurance related coverage for BenefitsPRO.
