Now even one of the architects of the lawsuit that could cripple Obamacare is joining the
let's blame Obama when millions lose their insurance. This is the line of defense from Republicans who hope it will deflect attention away from the fact that they brought this lawsuit in the first place, and that they have absolutely no plan for a legislative solution. But to have it come from
one of the architects of the case is unbelievable.
[I]f the administration isn’t drawing up a contingency plan—and HHS Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell insists there is no administrative fix to avoid the "massive damage" that would arise from ending subsidies—or at least a way to ease the transition, opponents say the chaos will be the White House's fault.
"If they"re not looking at some kind of contingency plan, I think that’s irresponsible. It's kind of like hostage-taking," said Jonathan Adler, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University and one of the architects of the legal challenge.
He's ready to tear down the whole structure of the law, to throw millions of people off of their health insurance because of a GOP vendetta against the law and the president who created it, and it's the president who is irresponsible?
Here's an alternative contingency plan for Adler—talk your clients into dropping this ridiculous lawsuit.