Health Care Law

Supreme Court decision scales back cost, coverage of healthcare law – Los Angeles Times

The budget office, which Congress relies on to study the impact of proposed legislation, still estimates that the Affordable Care Act will reduce the number of Americans without health coverage by some 30 million over the next decade.

Health care repeal would widen deficit by $109 billion, says CBO – ABC News

Repealing the health care law passed in 2010 and upheld by the Supreme Court in June would increase the federal deficit by $109 billion over ten years, a new Congressional Budget Office analysis estimates. The CBO on Tuesday rated the … Continue reading

Supreme Court Health Care Decision Leaves 3 Million More Uninsured: Congressional Budget Office – Huffington Post

… of them will buy subsidized private health insurance through the “exchange” marketplaces established by the law. Health care reform will extend health insurance to 14 million more people in 2014 and as many as 30 million people by 2022 … Continue reading

Court’s Ruling May Blunt Reach of the Health Law – New York Times

In addition, the budget office said that repealing the health care law would add $109 billion to federal budget deficits over the next 10 years. Specifically, it said, repeal of the law would reduce spending by $890 billion and reduce … Continue reading

Cost of health care overhaul down, but uninsured up due to Supreme Court ruling – NBCNews.com

The Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday that due to the Supreme Court’s June 28 decision on the 2010 health care overhaul, the law will cost $84 billion less over 10 years than CBO had previously estimated. But CBO said 3 … Continue reading

Health care law now cheaper, won’t cover as many people – Politico.com

President Barack Obama’s health care law will cost $84 billion less than previously expected, now that the Supreme Court has said the states don’t have to expand Medicaid, Congress’s bookkeepers announced Tuesday. But the law’s coverage, now …

Group pushes ND to keep resisting health care law – MySanAntonio

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota lawmakers and Gov. Jack Dalrymple should continue their opposition to establishing a state-run, online marketplace for insurance that’s required by the new federal health care law, representatives of a group of …

CBO: Health care repeal increases budget deficit – USA Today

Republicans say they don’t like the costs of President Obama’s health care law, but the Congressional Budget Office projects that repealing it would also be expensive. A CBO report today says the proposed repeal would increase the deficit by $109 … Continue reading

How to cure U.S. health care: Dalibor Rohac – Cleveland Plain Dealer

For example, its oversight will not apply to hospitals until 2020. Further, the health care law leaves to state regulators the interpretation of “essential health benefits” that have to be provided by insurers at affordable premiums. However …

CBO: Court ruling cuts cost of health-care law, but leaves 3 million more uninsured – Washington Post

President Obama’s signature health initiative will cost a bit less than expected thanks to last month’s Supreme Court ruling, but the court’s decision is also likely to leave millions of poor people without access to health insurance, congressional …