IRS Moves to Expand Obamacare Subsidies to Families (2)

Legal challenges are likely to a rule released Tuesday that will make it easier for families whose members have employer-sponsored health plans to get Obamacare subsidies.

There “absolutely” will be litigation challenging the rule, said Brian Blase, president of the Paragon Health Institute and former health-care adviser in President Donald Trump‘s National Economic Council. “This is the White House wanting to expand Obamacare, and getting the IRS to change its enforcement of the tax code because of White House political pressure.”

Blase said the final rule is illegal because the statute defines an affordable plan as a self-only plan, ...