Health Care Law

CBO: Supreme Court Ruling On Health Care Saves U.S. $84 Billion Over 11 Years – NPR News

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office finds that the Supreme Court ruling on President Obama’s health care law will save the government $84 billion over the next 11 years. While the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Healthcare Act … Continue reading

Health care reform: Michigan legislative committees consider insurance exchange options – MLive.com

LANSING, MI — House Republicans and state regulators remain at odds over how to handle a health insurance exchange under the federal Affordable Care Act. Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the law, Michigan lawmakers need to decide … Continue reading

SC’s HHS director: Let’s open health care dialogue – CBS News

… Tuesday that the state will have an impassioned debate about how and whether it will respond to the new federal health care act. HHS Director Tony Keck said the debate on expansion should move to the Statehouse, which he … Continue reading

Retired Justice O’Connor says attacks on Roberts over health care decision are ‘unfortunate’ – Washington Post

She also said that Obama’s comments while the court was still considering the health care law — that overturning it would be unprecedented and extraordinary — were “not ideal.”

SC’s HHS director: Let’s open health care dialogue – AP – NBCNews.com

… Tuesday that the state will have an impassioned debate about how and whether it will respond to the new federal health care act. HHS Director Tony Keck said the debate on expansion should move to the Statehouse, which he … Continue reading

SC’s HHS director: Let’s open health care dialogue – NBCNews.com

… Tuesday that the state will have an impassioned debate about how and whether it will respond to the new federal health care act. HHS Director Tony Keck said the debate on expansion should move to the Statehouse, which he … Continue reading

Congressional Budget Office: Health law will help cut deficit – Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Repealing the [health care law] will lead to an increase in budget deficits over the coming decade, though a smaller one than previously reported,” budget office director Douglas Elmendorf said in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner …

How the Affordable Care Act Ruling Affected Its Price – Wall Street Journal

adjusting for the Supreme Court’s decision to loosen the law’s requirement that states expand Medicaid coverage. Roughly three million fewer Americans will gain health insurance as part of the health-care overhaul, according to the report.

Health-Care Ruling Will Increase Uninsured, CBO Says – San Francisco Gate

It is the first official estimate of the effects of the June 28 court decision upholding the core requirement in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that most Americans carry health insurance or pay a penalty. The court threw … Continue reading

Obama’s health-care reform law will cut deficits, budget office says – CharlotteObserver.com

President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul will shrink rather than increase the nation’s huge federal deficits over the next decade, Congress’ nonpartisan budget scorekeepers said Tuesday, supporting Obama’s contention in a major election …