Republicans' Unworkable Health Plan

House Republican leaders have shared with their members a proposal they plan to introduce if the Supreme Court decides in King v. Burwell to invalidate the federal marketplace subsidies, according to media reports (here and here). Although the plan is vague and the leaders won't make it public until after the court decides, its centerpiece apparently is a temporary block grant for states. Even absent key details, the block grant proposal clearly isn't viable. Overall, the plan represents more an unraveling of health reform than an actual, credible plan to ensure that subsidies remain available in federal marketplaces.

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