Health Care Law

Budget office: Obama’s health law reduces deficit – Huffington Post

WASHINGTON — Congress’ budget scorekeepers are taking a new look at President Barack Obama’s health care law – and they still say it is expected to reduce federal deficits. It’s the first in-depth look by nonpartisan experts since the …

CBO: Health care repeal would cost $109 billion – CBS News

(CBS News) The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is out with a new estimate of the costs of repealing the Affordable Care Act, the national health care legislation signed into law in 2010. According to the CBO, if Mitt Romney and … Continue reading

Health Care Announces Support for Safe Chemicals Act on Eve of Committee Vote – NBCNews.com

As the U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee nears its July 25th vote on the Safe Chemicals Act of 2011 (S.847) — legislation that would strengthen the nation’s system for managing chemical safety — members of the health care … Continue reading

High Court Health Ruling to Increase Uninsured, CBO Says – Bloomberg

The Supreme Court decision that threw out part of President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul will cut the law’s cost and leave more people uninsured, according to the Congressional Budget Office. About 3 million fewer Americans will …

Group pushes ND to keep resisting health care law – YAHOO!

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 …

Group pushes ND to keep resisting health care law – NBCNews.com

BISMARCK, N.D. — 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 …

Group pushes ND to keep resisting health care law – CBS News

BISMARCK, N.D. — 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 …

Minn. Republicans criticize new health care taxes – San Francisco Gate

The issue of taxes in the health care law may also be seeping into some legislative races. All 201 lawmakers are on the ballot in November in an election that will determine which party controls the agenda as Democratic Gov. … Continue reading

Nearly one in 10 employers to drop health coverage – Washington Times

About one in 10 employers plan to drop health coverage when key provisions of the new health care law kick in less than two years from now, according to a survey to be released Tuesday by the consulting company Deloitte. … Continue reading

My Word: Dig deeper into health care’s costs – Orlando Sentinel

If we really, truly evaluate the health law, we find that it runs perpendicular to those … conditions and procedural labyrinths is going to make an already overburdened health-care industry more efficient and affordable is ludicrous.