{"video":"nzh5fEIo","title":"Is Halbig the End of Obamacare?: Michael Cannon Explains What Comes Next","size":1024,"views":1349,"score":null,"user":"ReasonVids2","date":1658316191630,"cdn":null,"duration":"11:47","description":"Two court rulings on taxpayer subsidies for The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) underscore that President Obama's signature legislative accomplishment is still a hotbed of controversy—one likely to show up again in the Supreme Court's chambers.  \n  \n\"What this really about is not healthcare, not Obamacare,\" says Michael Cannon, director of health policy at The Cato Institute. \"it's whether the president of the United States is in fact the president of the United States and subject to the Constitution or an autocrat that can impose taxes on his own.\"  \n  \nCannon, along with Case Western law professor Jonathan Adler, is the architect of the current legal challenge to Obamacare. Read their Wall Street Journal op-ed on the Halbig ruling.  \n  \nUnlike many Republican politicians and conservative pundits, Cannon is no apologist for the pre-Obamacare status quo. Read his excellent 2009 policy study on how \"a free market can fix health care policy\" for a bracing alternative to both the Affordable Care Act and the muddle that existed before its passage.  \n  \nAbout 12 minutes. Interview by Nick Gillespie, cameras by Amanda Winkler and Joshua Swain. Edited by Swain.  \n  \nGo to http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/07/24/michael-f-cannon-on-halbig-and-obamacare for links to references above and downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live.","keywords":"[\"obamacare\",\"patient protection and affordable care act (literature subject)\",\"president of the united states (government office or title)\",\"obama\",\"cato\",\"nick gillespie\",\"reason tv\",\"halbig\",\"the affordable care act\",\"supreme court\",\"barack obama (us president)\",\"michael cannon\"]","kwcount":12,"mdescription":"Two court rulings on taxpayer subsidies for The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a. Obamacare) underscore that President Obama's signature legislative accomplishment is still a hotbed of controversy—one likely to show up again in the Supreme Court's chambers.<br /><br />\"What this really about is not healthcare, not Obamacare,\" says Michael Cannon, director of health policy at The Cato Institute. \"it's whether the president of the United States is in fact the president of the United States and subject to the Constitution or an autocrat that can impose taxes on his own.\"<br /><br />Cannon, along with Case Western law professor Jonathan Adler, is the architect of the current legal challenge to Obamacare. Read their Wall Street Journal op-ed on the Halbig ruling.<br /><br />Unlike many Republican politicians and conservative pundits, Cannon is no apologist for the pre-Obamacare status quo. Read his excellent 2009 policy study on how \"a free market can fix health care policy\" for a bracing alternative to both the Affordable Care Act and the muddle that existed before its passage.<br /><br />About 12 minutes. Interview by Nick Gillespie, cameras by Amanda Winkler and Joshua Swain. Edited by Swain.<br /><br />Go to <a href=\"http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/07/24/michael-f-cannon-on-halbig-and-obamacare\">http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/07/24/michael-f-cannon-on-halbig-and-obamacare</a> for links to references above and downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason TV's YouTube Channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live.","next":"cC8P4DFD","usdprice":null,"removed":null,"comments":null,"css":null,"dviewadd":null,"hls":null,"tdescription":"Two court rulings on taxpayer subsidies for The Affordable Care Act (a.k.a.\nObamacare) underscore that President Obama's signature legislative\naccomplishment is still a hotbed of controversy—one likely to show up again in\nthe Supreme Court's chambers.\n\n\"What this really about is not healthcare, not Obamacare,\" says Michael Cannon,\ndirector of health policy at The Cato Institute. \"it's whether the president of\nthe United States is in fact the president of the United States and subject to\nthe Constitution or an autocrat that can impose taxes on his own.\"\n\nCannon, along with Case Western law professor Jonathan Adler, is the architect\nof the current legal challenge to Obamacare. Read their Wall Street Journal\nop-ed on the Halbig ruling.\n\nUnlike many Republican politicians and conservative pundits, Cannon is no\napologist for the pre-Obamacare status quo. Read his excellent 2009 policy study\non how \"a free market can fix health care policy\" for a bracing alternative to\nboth the Affordable Care Act and the muddle that existed before its passage.\n\nAbout 12 minutes. Interview by Nick Gillespie, cameras by Amanda Winkler and\nJoshua Swain. Edited by Swain.\n\nGo to\nhttp://reason.com/reasontv/2014/07/24/michael-f-cannon-on-halbig-and-obamacare\n[http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/07/24/michael-f-cannon-on-halbig-and-obamacare]\nfor links to references above and downloadable versions. Subscribe to Reason\nTV's YouTube Channel to receive automatic updates when new material goes live.","bitrate":0.0014144271570014145,"md5":"7d022593c1adc72516bea795711abfce","type":"invidious","extra":"lWBf1WL-l1M","up":null,"down":null}