FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NEWS ADVISORY
July 22, 2014
For More Information, contact:
Luther Strange
Joy Patterson (334) 242-7491
Alabama Attorney General
Claire Haynes (334) 242-7351
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AG LAUDS RULING THAT COULD CRIPPLE OBAMACARE
(MONTGOMERY) -Attorney General Luther Strange lauded a ruling today
by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that eliminates the federal
government’s ability to provide subsidies on federal insurance exchanges under
Obamacare.
The State of Alabama joined an amicus brief to the court arguing that the
law allowed the IRS to distribute subsidies only for insurance purchased on state
exchanges, not federal exchanges. Many states, including Alabama, did not set
up state exchanges. If the court of appeals ruling stands, it means that
Obamacare’s exchange-based subsidies, taxes, and penalties will not be
enforceable in states that did not set up a state exchange.
“I am proud to have joined my fellow Republican Attorneys General in
filing a brief in support of this result,” said Attorney General Strange. “This
lawsuit has the potential to cripple Obamacare and free millions of Americans
from the individual mandate. The court’s decision was also a stinging rebuke to
the Obama Administration for making up the law as it goes along, instead of
following the law as it was passed by Congress.”
The amicus brief was filed in the case of Halbig v. Sebelius and was joined
by the States of Alabama, Oklahoma, Georgia, West Virginia, Nebraska and
South Carolina.
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