Aderholt Statement on SCOTUS Ruling

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congressman Robert Aderholt (AL-04) today released the following statement in regard to the Supreme Court of the United States' ruling in King v. Burwell.

"This decision today has been disappointing and surprising to so many of us on Capitol Hill. The Supreme Court continues to see gray when it comes to the black letter of the law as written in Obamacare's base text in the Affordable Care Act. If you look at the way the Democrats actually wrote the law, it seems to be very clear that subsidies were not available for those in the federal exchanges. This was not a typo. The language was written as it was written.

"I think that everyone agrees that our healthcare system needed changes and improvements. However, this was a typical bureaucratic, overreaching approach to a situation that did not need to be nearly as complicated.

"Five years after Obamacare became law, it is more clear that ever this was the wrong prescription for our healthcare system. Many have seen their premiums and deductibles shoot skyward, while their overall coverage has been weakened. Most Americans have found that the Affordable Care Act is anything but affordable."

In Washington, Congressman Aderholt serves as Chairman of the Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies for the powerful House Appropriations Committee; he is also a member of the Committee's Defense Subcommittee, the Committee's Commerce, Justice, and Science Subcommittee, and the Helsinki Commission.

For more information about Aderholt's work in Congress visit: www.aderholt.house.gov.