Top House Dem: Obamacare Language On Subsidies 'Not As Clear As I'd Like It'

TPM reports:

The second-ranked House Democrat says the legislative language in the Affordable Care Act under review by the Supreme Court is "not as clear as" he would like it to be.

House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer told TPM that the Supreme Court "would be unjustified" and "defy logic" if it invalidated insurance tax credits for Americans in three-dozen states that did not set up an exchange under Obamacare.

But in a candid admission, he suggested his party could have done a better job writing the provision that is now in the crosshairs of a major legal threat to Democrats' biggest legislative achievement in generations.

"The language is not as clear as I'd like it," Hoyer said in an interview on Wednesday. "But it is clear that the intent and the understanding of the U.S. Congress majority was that subsidies would be available to all people with limited means and income who were unable to pay for health insurance."

The haunting fear of statists everywhere.