Health Care Law 
DGA chairman O’Malley on Medicaid expansion: ‘Each governor has a unique set of challenges’ – Washington Post
Of the country’s 20 Democratic governors (plus Independent Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee), 13 — and Chafee — plan to fully implement the national health-care law’s Medicaid expansion, while seven have yet to make up their minds, USA Today …
Health care on agenda when Michigan lawmakers return – MLive.com
Both the health insurance exchange and the Medicaid expansion are required under the Affordable Care Act recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the court also ruled that the federal government can’t withhold a state’s entire Medicaid …
Nation’s governors focus on ways to trim health care costs – USA Today
One day after a USA TODAY survey showed the states are divided along party lines when it comes to implementing the Affordable Care Act, governors meeting here tried to focus beyond politics on what needs to be done to cut … Continue reading
Many Governors Are Still Unsure About Medicaid Expansion – New York Times
WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — How well the new health care law succeeds in covering millions of the poorest Americans will depend largely on undecided governors of both parties, who gathered here this weekend and spoke of the challenges of weighing the … Continue reading
Health Law Costs, Benefits Can Add Up To A Win For Young And Old – Huffington Post
If there are winners under the Affordable Care Act, Martha Olson and Red Coine should probably both be counted on that list. Yet only one of them will actually pay less for health insurance when the law is fully implemented … Continue reading
Some doubt accuracy of report on health care law – Daily Oklahoman
Ninety percent of doctors think the U.S. medical system in on the wrong track and 83 percent say changes in the medical system have made them think about quitting, according to a national survey quoted by U.S. Rep. John Sullivan … Continue reading
Few to feel hit from home-sales tax tied to health law – Seattle Times
WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court upheld the health-care law on federal tax grounds, it restoked a housing issue that had been relatively quiet for the past year: the alleged 3.8 percent “real-estate tax” on home sales beginning in 2013 … Continue reading
Health care on agenda when Mich. lawmakers return – Oregonian
Both the health insurance exchange and the Medicaid expansion are required under the Affordable Care Act recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. But the court also ruled that the federal government can’t withhold a state’s entire Medicaid allotment if … Continue reading
In Brazil, health care is a right – CNN
(CNN)– This week’s congressional battle over the GOP move to repeal President Obama’s Affordable Care Act, as well as the NAACP’s boos … these rifts and built a consensus for universal health care coverage. Consider the case of Brazil.
Most Floridians still oppose federal Affordable Care Act health reform law – St. Petersburg Times
A majority of Florida voters oppose the national health care law and half want it repealed, a new Tampa Bay Times/Miami Herald/Bay News 9 poll shows two weeks after President Barack Obama’s signature achievement was largely upheld by the U.S … Continue reading
