Long Statement on Puzzling' Supreme Court Obamacare Ruling

U.S. Representative Billy Long issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court's King v. Burwell decision, upholding federal subsidies for health insurance plans on the federal health insurance exchange.

"I am disappointed with the Supreme Court's ruling handed down today allowing federal subsidies to states on federal exchanges to continue. It is puzzling. The Affordable Care Act, as written, does not allow the federal government to subsidize insurance payments in states without their own exchanges, yet the Court ruled to uphold the practice. I see this as a failure in checks and balances and as an instance of the court legislating from the bench. As a member of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, I will continue working with my colleagues to replace Obamacare with patient-centered provisions while keeping promises made for affordable insurance coverage."

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