Student views on whether subsidies can flow via federal exchanges

October 22, 2013 by 2 Comments

A federal judge is set to rule sometime today (Tuesday, October 22, 2013) in the lawsuit challenging whether subsidies can flow to residents who sign up for insurance via the Federal ACA exchange/marketplace.

Also today, 35 students in my introduction to the U.S. Health Care System Course at Duke University turned in an assignment where they had to answer the same question (Memo 1.pps165.due.10.22.13). I  haven’t read the memos yet, but the tally went as follows:

  • 21 said yes the subsidies could flow
  • 14 said that no, they cannot

I will do a quick follow up post after having read them.

Filed under Health Policy

About Don Taylor
Professor of Public Policy (with appointments in Business, Nursing, Community and Family Medicine, and the Duke Clinical Research Institute), and Chair of the Academic Council at Duke University https://academiccouncil.duke.edu/ . I am one of the founding faculty of the Margolis Center for Health Policy. My research focuses on improving care for persons who are dying, and I am co-PI of a CMMI award in Community Based Palliative Care. I teach both undergrads and grad students at Duke. On twitter @donaldhtaylorjr

2 Responses to Student views on whether subsidies can flow via federal exchanges

  1. Pingback: ACA: self imposed redistribution from poor to rich states | freeforall

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