Health Care Law Subsidies
Officials from the Department of the Treasury were asked to testify but did not appear at the hearing. Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) called their absence an example of the Obama administration’s continuing contempt toward Congress. Ranking Member Chris Coons (D-DE) attributed the officials absence to their inability to testify due to the pending Supreme Court case.
Legal experts testified on health care subsidies for low and some middle income families that were established under the Affordable Care Act. The… read more
Legal experts testified on health care subsidies for low and some middle income families that were established under the Affordable Care Act. The hearing occurred as a Supreme Court was to release its decision later in the month in King v. Burwell, which challenges an IRS rule authorizing tax credits for the purchase of insurance in health care exchanges.
Officials from the Department of the Treasury were asked to testify but did not appear at the hearing. Committee Chair Ted Cruz (R-TX) called their absence an example of the Obama administration’s continuing contempt toward Congress. Ranking Member Chris Coons (D-DE) attributed the officials absence to their inability to testify due to the pending Supreme Court case. close
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