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Obama: High court shouldn’t consider health care challenge

ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. Supreme Court probably shouldn’t have taken up the latest challenges to his signature health care law. Obama says there was no reason for the health program to end up in court, maintaining that “it’s working.” The high court is expected to decide soon whether Congress…

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FILE - In this March 4, 2015 file photo, demonstrators chant during health care rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court could wipe away health insurance for millions of Americans when it resolves the latest high court fight over President Barack Obama's health overhaul. But would the court take away a benefit from so many people, and should the justices even consider the consequences? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
FILE – In this March 4, 2015 file photo, demonstrators chant during health care rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington. The Supreme Court could wipe away health insurance for millions of Americans when it resolves the latest high court fight over President Barack Obama’s health overhaul. But would the court take away a benefit from so many people, and should the justices even consider the consequences? (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

ELMAU, Germany (AP) — President Barack Obama says the U.S. Supreme Court probably shouldn’t have taken up the latest challenges to his signature health care law.

Obama says there was no reason for the health program to end up in court, maintaining that “it’s working.”

The high court is expected to decide soon whether Congress authorized federal subsidy payments regardless of where people live, or only for residents of states that created their own insurance marketplaces.

The decision could have far-reaching implications because millions would lose their insurance if the court said people who enrolled through the federal site couldn’t get the subsidies.

Obama says it has been well-documented that Congress never intended to exclude people who went through the federal exchange.

Obama commented Monday in Elmau, Germany, at the conclusion of a summit.
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