{"id":22399,"date":"2015-02-12T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2015-02-12T23:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/?p=22399"},"modified":"2015-02-12T18:36:08","modified_gmt":"2015-02-12T23:36:08","slug":"gop-senators-obama-admin-officials-%e2%80%9cevading%e2%80%9d-whether-backup-plan-exists-if-supremes-strike-down-subsidies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/freedom_line_blog\/22399\/gop-senators-obama-admin-officials-%e2%80%9cevading%e2%80%9d-whether-backup-plan-exists-if-supremes-strike-down-subsidies\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP Senators: Obama Admin Officials \u201cEvading\u201d Whether Backup Plan Exists If Supremes Strike Down Subsidies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Does the Obama administration have a backup plan if the Supreme Court <a href=\"http:\/\/cfif.org\/v\/index.php\/commentary\/56-health-care\/1746-oklahoma-challenges-irs-interpretation-of-obamacare-subsidy \" target=\"_blank\">interprets ObamaCare according to its terms<\/a> and prohibits federal subsidies to Americans in 36 states?<\/p>\n<p>If so, top administrators at Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury aren\u2019t sharing.<\/p>\n<p>That lack of transparency \u2013 and the havoc it could wreck on millions of mandatory ObamaCare users \u2013 angers a group of powerful Senate Republicans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to make certain that the government has notified people who have signed up through the HHS insurance exchange \u2013 including the thousands of Georgians who were forced to enroll after ObamaCare cancelled their health plans \u2013 of the potential consequences of the Court ruling against the government, especially given the fact that the cost of the program could be significantly increased,\u201d Senator Johnny Isakson (R-GA) <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isakson.senate.gov\/public\/index.cfm\/news-releases?ID=7c5552fe-5bdb-4d43-96e7-0a56552eb606 \" target=\"_blank\">said in a statement<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Obama administration needs to be forthcoming about its backup plans so my constituents can make their own backup plans.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Isakson and other Republicans serving on the Senate Finance Committee sent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.isakson.senate.gov\/public\/_cache\/files\/254bdfe8-d601-4c02-b81e-ed056b934d9c\/02%2009%2015%20Letter%20to%20HHS%20DOJ%20IRS%20DOT.pdf \" target=\"_blank\">a strongly worded letter<\/a> to several government agencies demanding details of any contingency plans. In it they charge HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew, and IRS Commissioner John Koskinen with \u201clack of candor\u201d and \u201cevad[ing] the issue when it was raised at hearings before the Committee this week.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Consider this another unfulfilled promise of \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/blogs\/blog-briefing-room\/news\/283335-obama-this-is-the-most-transparent-administration-in-history \" target=\"_blank\">the most transparent administration in history.<\/a>\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Does the Obama administration have a backup plan if the Supreme Court interprets ObamaCare according to its terms and prohibits federal subsidies to Americans in 36 states? If so, top administrators at Health and Human Services, the Internal Revenue Service and Treasury aren\u2019t sharing. 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