INSIGHT-Economists predict shockwaves if Obamacare subsidies are nixed
June 17, 2015 at 10:22 AM EDT
NEW YORK, June 17 (Reuters) - As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to rule on whether people in 34 states can continue to receive Obamacare health insurance subsidies, economists are projecting billions of dollars in lost healthcare spending for hospitals, drugstores and drugmakers if the justices say the payments are illegal.