Former Bush official: Blocking Obamacare subsidies would grow economy

Published May 13, 2015 5:34pm ET



The Obamacare subsidies case might cost poor people federal assistance for health coverage, but it will boost wages and jobs in the long run, a new analysis argues.

If the Supreme Court blocks the insurance subsidies this summer, workers could earn up to $940 more and 1.2 million more people will join the workforce, estimates Doug Holtz-Eakin, former director of the Congressional Budget Office under George W. Bush and president of the American Action Forum.

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