The issue focused largely on employer liability insurance premiums — payments insurers pay employers when employees decide whether or not to enroll in employee coverage through their employers. Employers typically contribute money toward health insurance premiums as well. But critics argue that Obamacare subsidies aren't tied to premiums because many customers wouldn't qualify for those subsidies if they weren't subsidized by employers. The subsidy payments don't benefit consumers directly but instead indirectly benefit employers who subsidize employees.

Republicans initially vowed not to undermine Obama's Affordable Care Act until lawmakers enacted