Recently, two US appeals courts have issued conflicting decisions on the legality of the Affordable Care Act premium tax credits in the federally-run marketplace, HealthCare.gov. According to a recent survey by the morning Consult, although the public about the lawsuits is not one has much, they are generally in favor of the tax credits in each State.
The context of the premium tax credit Lawsuits
There were 36 States not decided to set up exchanges; to use the states in default of federal exchange. The legal issue is suitability for premium tax credits. The argument is that people in states with federally-run exchange (HealthCare.gov) that receive tax credits through the federal exchange, to obtain these loans were not entitled.
The ACA includes a provision that states premium tax credits to enrollees of the available "state exchange." proponents of eligibility for premium tax credits on the federal exchange argue that this statement was a drafting error. Opponents argue this issue was the reserve is to limit the premium tax credits to state exchange. 
The US Court of Appeals (v Halbig. Burwell) in Washington DC ruled the tax credits in all states are illegally set up that have no public stock exchanges, while the US Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA (King v. Burwell) ruled in favor of the tax credits. The administration's response to which the Halbig v Burwell decision in Washington DC, and at this time there is no change in the availability of premium tax credits
For more background, see: .. appellate courts split on the legality of the ACA premium tax subsidies
public view of the Premium Tax credit lawsuits
the Morning Consult the results of a tracking poll released them with some 1,800 voters, given the recent contradictory decisions made with regard to the legality the premium tax credits.
Is the public aware of the problem?
hadThe survey is part of the question, how much the respondents about the legal challenge to the ACA premium tax credits for individuals buying coverage from the federal exchange. A majority of respondents (58 percent) did not have much on the topic. heard
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14 percent much about this
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had 30 percent heard about it had
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29 percent did not have much heard of
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28 percent had heard nothing about
What the public about the law believes that?
are asked respondents whether they thought the provision on the premium tax credits only by state marketplaces available the poll an editorial was error or whether it deliberately to limit the premium tax credits written to state exchange. A majority of respondents (54 percent) did not know enough about the problem so or to respond that way.
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22 percent thought the provision was a drafting error
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25 percent thought the provision was deliberately written
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54 percent were unsure or no opinion had
Does the public the tax credits should be available to everyone?
The survey asked whether they believed human health respondents purchase access to premium tax credits should have, regardless of whether it is a state or federally run exchanges. A majority of respondents (58 percent) have the discounts should be available to anyone who qualifies for the premium tax credits, used regardless of the type of exchange.
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58 percent thought that the loans should be available to everyone, the
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15 percent qualified but that the loans only on state exchange should be available
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27 percent were unsure or had no opinion
source: morning Consult and the Washington post
all in all, the public seems largely unaware of the controversy surrounding this topic. However, it is clear that a majority of the population in favor of the tax credit premium is both stand by the state available and guided by the federal government marketplaces. These decisions will not have direct impact on the premium tax credits; get people premium tax credits, should be aware that the tax credits are still available.
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