U.S. District Court Judge Paul Friedman dismissed Halbig v. Sebelius yesterday on the grounds that Congress clearly intended to make premium tax credits available in all 50 states, regardless of whether they run their own exchanges, according to the report.
In Halbig v. Sebelius, the plaintiffs — a group of small business owners — alleged the statutory language of the PPACA limited subsidies to exchanges established by the state and that the Internal Revenue Service had ignored “clear limitations” set by Congress in authorizing subsidies in states with federally-run exchanges, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union.
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