Health Care Law

Republican lawmakers warn of health care law’s tax implication – Marketplace.publicradio.org

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Republican state lawmakers are highlighting the tax implications of the new federal health care law that they continue to oppose. Members of the House tax committee gathered today for a rare, midsummer hearing on a issue … Continue reading

Affordable Care Act will expand mental health coverage, but budget cuts a worry – Philadelphia Daily News

Mentally ill people will have a much easier time accessing care two years from now, thanks to the new federal health care law. But advocates worry that current budget cuts may create a shortage of the very mental health services … Continue reading

Group pushes ND to keep resisting health care law – San Francisco Gate

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 …

Pediatric Shortages, Long Wait Times Reinforce Need for Improved Access to Health Care for Children – YAHOO!

July 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the fight around the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act settles, new data indicate that the battle to ensure timely access to health care for America’s child patients is far from over.

What does the Supreme Court’s health care decision mean for federal-state relations? – Boston Globe

In the weeks since the Supreme Court issued a decision on the Affordable Care Act, some local health law experts have taken a longer look at the implications. And they’re concerned about just how far-reaching the decision could be. The … Continue reading

Minn. Republicans criticize new health care taxes – NBCNews.com

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Republican lawmakers in Minnesota are focusing on new taxes in the federal health care law as they seek to bring a nationally charged issue into November’s legislative elections. The Republican-led House Taxes Committee held a hearing … Continue reading

Health Care Reform and the Laws of Unintended Consequences – Huffington Post

But if history is any guide, there will be one other inescapable truth: The Affordable Health Care for America Act of 2010 will generate the same unintended consequences that have shaped, distorted, and even perverted so many other important …

Twisting Health Care Taxes – YAHOO!

In what has become a Republican talking point, several GOP lawmakers have wrongly claimed that a Congressional Budget Office report said that 75 percent of the federal health care law’s taxes would be paid by those earning less than $120,000 … Continue reading

RISARC CEO Richard Stephenson Believes Annual Savings from the Affordable Health … – YAHOO!

… use of digital tools and electronic records by U.S. health care providers, encouraged by the provisions of the Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act (the HITECH Act), passed by Congress in 2009 as part of the … Continue reading

Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. Announces $75 Million Senior Notes Add-On Offering by Certain of Its Subsidiaries – Marketwatch

The Sabra Health Care REIT, Inc. logo is available at http … “forward-looking” statements (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) that involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time.