Kara Brandeisky: 9 Numbers That Explain the Supreme Court’s Latest Obamacare Case

1. 37 - The number of states that could be directly affected.
2. 6.4 million - The number of Americans who could lose their Obamacare subsidies.
3. $3,156 - The average amount of the subsidy.
4. $101 - Average amount that people who receive subsidies pay for health insurance every month.
5. $95,400 - The most a family of four can make and still be eligible for an Obamacare subsidy.
6. 87% - The percent of people who shopped on the federal marketplace who qualified for a subsidy.
7. 55% - How much Obamacare premiums are projected to rise in the effected states if the Supreme Court rules for the plaintiffs.
8. 300,000 - The number of employees projected to lose their employer-subsidized health insurance if the Supreme Court rules for the plaintiffs.
9. 8.2 million - The number of Americans projected to become uninsured if the Supreme Court rules for the plaintiffs.

Source: "9 Numbers That Explain the Supreme Court’s Latest Obamacare Case," Time, 24 June 2015.
Source URL: http://time.com/money/3931092/obamacare-supreme-court-king-b...

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