Health Care Law

Paton puts a target on health law – USA Today

For him, the health-care law is the defining difference voters must consider. “That’s what this race is really about: two competing visions for the future of this country.” Paton also calls for fewer regulations that he says inhibit economic …

A health-care stock that’s flying – Marketwatch

For better or worse , The Affordable Healthcare Act will put a lot more people into the healthcare … and we saw many other ancillary companies move higher on the news. The managed care stocks, on the other hand, were … Continue reading

White House tailors minority health care pitch – FOX News

President Barack Obama tends to skim lightly over the details of his health care law in speeches. But his administration has a far more specific pitch to black and Hispanic audiences. The message: Blacks and Hispanics, among whom uninsured rates … Continue reading

Obama Administration Announces Ground-Breaking Public-Private Partnership to Prevent Health Care Fraud – CNBC

“Thanks to this initiative today and the anti-fraud tools that were made available by the health care law, we are working to stamp out these crimes and abuse in our health care system.” One innovative objective of the partnership is … Continue reading

Gov’t stepping up fight against health care fraud – YAHOO!

While carrying out the requirements of President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul law, insurers are also lobbying to roll back some of its provisions, such as new taxes on the industry and cuts to private plans offered through Medicare.

CBO Predicts Lower Cost to Taxpayers for Health Care Act After SCOTUS Ruling – Forbes

When Is A Penalty A Tax? Sorting Through The SCOTUS Health Care Decision. Kelly Phillips Erb Contributor If The Health Care Law Is Really A Tax Law, Is It Doomed on Procedure? Kelly Phillips Erb Contributor SCOTUS Rules on Health … Continue reading

Health care repeal would widen deficit by $109 billion, says CBO – YAHOO!

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 10 years, a new Congressional Budget Office analysis estimates. The CBO on Tuesday rated the … Continue reading

Obama, Democrats Recasting Health Care to Blunt Attacks – Businessweek

Heidi Heitkamp, a North Dakota Democratic Senate candidate, has been buried by more than 2,000 Republican-sponsored television ads criticizing her for supporting President Barack Obama’s health-care law. Yet, Heitkamp, who is running in a …

Mass. bills to address health care costs pending – Boston Globe

The bill aims to lower health care costs in Massachusetts that came in the wake of landmark legislation signed in 2006 by then-Gov. Mitt Romney. The law expanded access to health coverage in the state, but premiums and other health … Continue reading

Repeal health care law? Forget about it – CNN

(CNN)– On Tuesday, the Congressional Budget Office added another reason to drop the politics and get down to the hard work of health care reform. The nonpartisan organization released a report that finds the cost of repealing the reform will … Continue reading