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The Manufactured Crisis of Halbig

...So much ink has been used in analyzing the various provisions of the ACA addressing Exchanges that I fear the issue looks harder than it is. While the ACA was not perfectly drafted and there is isolated language that supports the challengers' argument, the fair reading of the whole statute is that Congress intended the subsidies to be available to persons obtaining insurance on any Exchange set up under the ACA. That is the reading most consistent with Congress' intent to make health insurance available to as many people in the country as possible. Congress directed each state to establish an Exchange, but then provided for the federal government to establish "such Exchange" if a state elects not to do so. The ACA calls both of these marketplaces Exchanges. If Congress had intended to coerce states into setting up Exchanges, by conditioning the receipt of tax subsidies by its citizens on the creation of a state Exchange, it would have said so clearly and there would be a lot more evidence of this coercion than the challengers have been able to uncover. In fact, this argument has been refuted in court filings by those who would know best - the chairpersons of the responsible Congressional committees and state legislators who would have known if there had been any such threat.

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Thousands Risk Losing Health Coverage, Immigrant Advocacy Groups Warn
Many Could Lose Insurance If They Miss Deadline to Verify They Are Legally in the U.S.

Immigrant advocacy groups are warning that tens of thousands of people could lose health insurance because they won't meet a Friday deadline to prove to the federal government they are legally in the country.

Up to 310,000 people risk losing coverage obtained through the Affordable Care Act unless they provide documents verifying they are U.S. citizens or legal residents, according to government data. The Obama administration on Aug. 12 said consumers who hadn't responded to previous requests for the information would have to provide it by Friday or lose coverage at the end of the month.

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Illegal immigrants aren't entitled to coverage under the 2010 law, but legal residents can buy plans through exchanges, receive tax credits to offset their premiums, and in some cases qualify for Medicaid, the insurance program for low-income people.

Advocacy groups have pushed the Obama administration to delay the deadline, but one official said Wednesday there are no plans to do so. The deadline to provide documentation—which can include copies of a U.S. passport or certificate of naturalization—applies only to people who signed up through online exchanges run by the federal government in 36 states. State-run exchanges have their own system for checking and obtaining documentation.

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Immigrant advocacy groups say that some people submitted documents such as copies of passports and birth certificates only to be told they must resubmit them. Many received letters in English or Spanish requesting documents but couldn't read them because they speak a different language, the groups said.

At Asian Pacific Community in Action in Phoenix, staff and interpreters said they frequently deal with speakers of more than 40 different languages, many of whom have difficulty with English.

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