49 economics scholars think Halbig (and King) is a big deal

I’m one of them.

Here’s our recently-filed amicus brief that explains “the economic reasons why premium subsidies are essential to achieving the reforms of the health care system that Congress seeks through the Affordable Care Act.”

Subsidies matter, a lot. Without them, many more people will be uninsured, premiums will go up, and markets may fail. As best I can tell, nobody contests that. And, it seems, some welcome it.

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Austin Frakt

Austin Frakt, PhD, is co-Editor-in-Chief of The Incidental Economist. His day job is Associate Director of the Partnered Evidence-based Policy Resource Center at the Boston VA Healthcare System, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. He is also a Professor with the Department of Health Law, Policy and Management at the Boston University’s School of Public Health, a Principal Research Scientist with the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and Editor-in-Chief of the journal Health Services Research.

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