Afternoon Must-Read: Scott Lemieux: More on the Supreme Court Challenge to ObamaCare

…cite[s] a letter sent by 11 Texas House Democrats, which they say constitutes evidence for the assertion that ‘[m]any House members… recognized [PPACA] conditioned subsidies on states creating Exchanges.’ Adler and Cannon’s characterization of the letter is blatantly dishonest…. The letter’s argument that under the Senate bill ‘millions of people will be left no better off than before Congress acted’… is preceded by a discussion of how some conservative states have cut or failed to expand benefits under Medicaid and CHIPRA…. The concern of the Texas Democrats… is that… conservative states[‘]… exchanges… would… make it impossible for some residents to obtain affordable insurance. Adler and Cannon stand the meaning of the letter on its head…”