WASHINGTON -- Republican Rep. John Kline is among three House chairmen picked this week to draft a GOP-approved alternative to Obamacare – should the Supreme Court deem the act unconstitutional in an upcoming court case.

Reps. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.), who leads the Ways and Means Committee, and Fred Upton (R-Mich.), who chairs the Energy and Commerce Committee, will join Kline, chairman of the Education and the Workforce Committee, to create a fallback plan in case the Supreme Court votes the Obamacare subsidies illegal in King v. Burwell, House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced Friday. The case, which centers on whether the government can help citizens pay for their health care services, will start arguments in March.

Obamacare proponents have pointed to the the Republican Party for criticizing the Affordable Care Act, yet lacking a viable alternative. A release from McCarthy's office Friday said the group recognizes "that full repeal requires a thoughtful replacement strategy" and they will formulate a replacement and a larger full plan if Obamacare is repealed.

The team promises its plan will be more patient-focused, saying it wants to give the American people the option to be "in the driver's seat" of their own healthcare, the team and the majority leader said in a statement.

"If the Supreme Court rules as we expect – that the law clearly doesn't allow subsidies to be offered on the federal exchange – then millions more families will have their coverage in danger because Obamacare is fundamentally flawed," the joint statement said.