• Center on Health Equity & Access
  • Clinical
  • Health Care Cost
  • Health Care Delivery
  • Insurance
  • Policy
  • Technology
  • Value-Based Care

Chip Kahn Is Bullish the Court Will Uphold Subsidies on the Federal Exchange

Video

Given that the subsidies in the federal exchange have helped to cover a lot of previously uninsured people, Chip Kahn, president and chief executive officer of the Federation of American Hospitals, remains encouraged the Supreme Court will "do the right thing."

Given that the subsidies in the federal exchange have helped to cover a lot of previously uninsured people, Chip Kahn, president and chief executive officer of the Federation of American Hospitals, who had been in attendance at the Supreme Court for oral arguments on King v. Burwell on March 4, 2015, remains encouraged the Supreme Court will "do the right thing."

He is bullish that the Court will rule in favor of the government, and as such has not put too much thought into what plans will need to be made in the event that the ruling is in favor of the plaintiffs.

"It's just hard for me to imagine that interpretation over a few words in drafting are going to result in 8.8 million potentially losing their health insurance coverage," Mr Kahn said.

Related Videos
Michael David Chuong, MD, radiation oncologist, Miami Cancer Institute, Baptist Health South Florida
Yuman Fong, MD, cancer surgeon, City of Hope
Dr Marco del Riccio
Elena Elimova, MD, associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and staff medical oncologist at Princess Margaret Hospital
Dr Eric Yang
Adam Brufsky, MD, PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Enrique Velazquez Villarreal, MD, PhD, MPH, MS, assistant professor in the department of integrative translational sciences at City of Hope
Dr Marco Del Riccio
Dr Steven Manobianco
Related Content
© 2026 MJH Life Sciences
AJMC®
All rights reserved.