'Obamacare' insurers may win a $12 billion claim in Supreme Court
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court gave a sympathetic hearing Tuesday to health insurers who were promised their losses would be covered if they expanded coverage under the Affordable Care Act, only to have the Republican-controlled Congress later refuse to pay.
"This case involves a massive government bait-and-switch and the fundamental question of whether the government has to keep its word," Washington attorney Paul D. Clement told the court.
Most of the justices sounded both surprised and skeptical of the Justice
