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| https://www.hatch.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/releases?ContentRecord_id=2fde99b2-d5c8-463f-b97c-cd06d00cccb9 | Hatch Comments on the Supreme Courts Decision to Rule on Health Care Subsidies under Obamacare | 2014-11-07 | 2014 | 2014-11 | Republican | House | UT | Orrin Hatch | H000338 | www.hatch.senate.gov | legacy | Salt Lake City, Utah—Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, former chairman and longest serving Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision to hear King v. Burwell, a case that asks whether the federal government can lawfully provide subsidies to buyers of health insurance under Obamacare. “Obamacare has been a disaster, in no small part because of the divisive process by which it was conceived,” said Hatch. “The Supreme Court must hold the Obama administration accountable to the text of the law as passed by Congress. The clear language of Obamacare authorizes subsidies only through the state exchanges, not the federal exchange. In this case, the Obama administration simply ignored the law and implemented its own policy instead. The administration’s decision to issue billions of dollars in subsidies in clear disregard of the statutory text represents a fundamental breach of our constitutional system, in which the rightful authority to make law is vested in Congress." “President Obama continues to put politics ahead of the rule of law. I applaud the Supreme Court for deciding to hear this vitally important case, and I hope that it will reject the administration’s lawless behavior and instead uphold the lawmaking authority of Congress.” Senator Hatch has fought tirelessly to repeal Obamacare since it was signed into law in 2010. Earlier this year, along with Senators Richard Burr (R-NC) and Tom Coburn (R-OK), Senator Hatch released what the Washington Post called “the most complete Obamacare replacement plan,” the Patient Choice, Affordability, Responsibility, and Empowerment (CARE) Act. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |