Katherine Restrepo, John Locke Foundation health and human services policy analyst, discusses the U.S. Supreme Court’s oral arguments in the King v. Burwell case dealing with Obamacare subsidies. Restrepo offered these comments during an interview with Donna Martinez for Carolina Journal Radio (Program No. 619).
JLF’s Katherine Restrepo analyzes King v. Burwell oral arguments
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