Insurance Law

Christie: Not sure Medicaid expansion needed in N.J. – Asbury Park Press

Gov. Christie says he is not sure New Jersey needs to expand Medicaid under the national health insurance law because the state’s program is extensive already. The Supreme Court ruling that upheld the national health care law said Washington …

A Gap in Health Coverage – New York Times

And it established new insurance exchanges through which people without affordable coverage at work could buy coverage. The law provides subsidies to help low- and middle-income families pay those costs. The Supreme Court’s ruling struck down …

Mitt Romney’s evolving position on insurance mandates – Los Angeles Times

Presumptive GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney did not flip-flop Wednesday when he branded the insurance mandate in the 2010 healthcare reform law a tax. Instead, he merely shot himself in the foot. Writing for himself and the court’s four …

Romney: Mandating health insurance a tax – AZCentral.com

The U.S. Supreme Court last week ruled that the mandate to buy health insurance is constitutional because it can be considered a tax. The requirement is part of the broad health-care overhaul that Obama signed into law in March 2010. … Continue reading

FACT CHECK: Romney, Obama both misstate facts about new law – AZCentral.com

you will keep your health insurance. This law will only make it more secure and more affordable.” Romney: “Obamacare also means that for up to 20 million Americans, they will lose the insurance they currently have, the insurance that they … Continue reading

Court decision may cut health care for many on Medicaid – St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The health law extended that prohibition until 2014, when the expectation was that every state would have a new online insurance market and would have expanded Medicaid to everyone whose income is less than 133 percent of the federal poverty … Continue reading

Letters to the editor on health care ruling, wine law, blood drive – Wichita Eagle

First, the Affordable Care Act will drive up all insurance premiums and medical services. We need to keep the Internal Revenue Service out of this and make sure the total law is revised and readable in layman’s language. We also … Continue reading

Libor Probe, SIPC Suit, Bank Resolution Plans: Compliance – Bloomberg

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. posted the public portions of so-called … It will also take care that in the event there has been a breach of the law, those responsible are held to account, according to the statement on … Continue reading

Collateral damage high in Obamacare – Boston Herald

taxpayers who will carry the load of what the Congressional Budget Office says will be a $2 trillion price tag when the law is fully implemented; (2) the millions of workers the CBO says will be pushed off their current … Continue reading

Florida Policy Changes Car Insurance Rates – Examiner

Florida Governor Scott just signed off on big changes to Florida auto insurance on May 4, 2012. Gov. Rick Scott on Friday signed into law massive changes to the state’s auto-insurance laws that he and lawmakers say will stamp out … Continue reading