STATEMENT BY CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI REGARDING U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN KING v. BURWELL, UPHOLDING FEDERAL PREMIUM SUBSIDIES IN ALL STATES UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 25, 2015                   

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STATEMENT BY

CONGRESSMAN WM. LACY CLAY (D) MISSOURI

REGARDING. U.S. SUPREME COURT RULING IN King v. Burwell, UPHOLDING FEDERAL SUBSIDIES FOR PREMIUMS IN STATES THAT DO NOT OPERATE THEIR OWN HEALTHCARE EXCHANGES UNDER THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT

NOTE:  The following is a

first-person statement from

Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri

WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay (D) Missouri issued this first-person statement today after the U.S. Supreme Court issued its ruling in King v. Burwell upholding a key funding mechanism for the Affordable Care Act.

“I am very gratified that the high court has upheld this essential funding mechanism for the Affordable Care Act, landmark legislation which I helped shape, that is now working well for over 16 million Americans.

The ACA is now the settled law of the land. And the endless, politically motivated attempts to weaken or overturn it must end.

Now is the time to fully implement the law, especially in states like Missouri where the state legislature continues to throw away $5.4 million a day in federal funds that taxpayers have already sent to Washington by refusing to expand Medicaid under the ACA. 

The time for political posturing and empty excuses is over.  They must act without delay to allow their most vulnerable constituents to receive affordable healthcare coverage, just like they do.

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