arguments released tomorrow but those who were inside the court say it could go either way. the board is deciding whether people who buy health insurance on the federal exchange healthcare.gov, are eligible for a subsidy or whether that s only for people who buy on state exchanges. our justice correspondent pete williams is watching the story. a ruling against the administration could, what? pretty much gut the affordable care act, right? that s what opponents say. if you can only get the subsidy on the state exchange then the people in the majority of states who buy it on healthhealthcare.gov, 34 states wouldn t be able to afford it. fewer in the market and the only in the market those with health problems. that would drive up the cost. fewer participants in the system would eventually collapse. so it was, as you say, difficult to predict what the outcome would be but one very interesting wrinkle came from justice anthony kennedy. a potential deciding vote here. here s what he said
no, the first one from florida blue. he assured me the policy would be cancelled. now where do you stand? well, i spent the last six weeks jumping through every hoop that florida blue set in front of me. they wanted a letter of termination, then they said, okay, you re set and we ll cancel within one or two days and send you a check. now their latest thing is saying we can t cancel the policy, despite the fact i m the policy holder and telling them to cancel it. healthhealthcare.gov has to tels your policy has been canceled. so i called them and they said we can t issue you a letter. we re telling you, you don t have a policy live florida blue. so i m in an endless loop. abbott and costello. other people are penalized they think they sign up, turns out their payment has not gone through so they don t have it.
incorrect. he says companies like yahoo and google are compelled to work with the nsa through court orders and those orders come with specific requirements that are almost always linked to terrorist cases. not a good day to be kathleen sebelius. grilled over obama care and the launch of the healthcare.gov website. she tells a political committee today that she s sorry. i am as frustrated and angry as anyone with the flawed launch of healthhealthcare.gov, so lety directly to these americans, you deserve better. i apologize. the obama care website only part of the three and a half hour grilling. secretary sebelius got from the house energy and commerce committee. the rest of it ranged from cost and president obama s pledge if you like your insurance, you can keep it, to red herrings, red solo cups, and the wizard of oz.