Health Care Law

Fla. insurance officials to get health care update – San Francisco Gate

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida insurance officials are getting an update on health care coverage following the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that upheld the federal Affordable Care Act. The Florida Health Insurance Industry Advisory Board and …

King: U.S. health care system is ailing, but not in a crisis – Houston Chronicle

A number of readers took exception to my implication that the state of American health care does not constitute a crisis, so I am going to spend this week and next looking at this question. To some degree, a debate … Continue reading

After Health Care Ruling, Centene Is Cast as Takeover Target – New York Times

Since the Supreme Court upheld President Obama’s transformative health care law last month, Wall Street has been wondering whether the decision would set off a fresh round of consolidation in the industry. One analyst says the Centene …

Scalia: No falling out with Roberts over health care – Washington Post

Before the Supreme Court’s decision on the health-care law, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg warned not to believe rumors of what the court was going to do. She subscribed to the principle that those who know about the court’s decisions before … Continue reading

Lawmakers briefed on health care act – Lincoln Journal Star

A state lawmaker expressed concern Thursday that the decision whether Nebraska will establish a so-called insurance exchange under the federal health care law appears to rest solely with Republican Gov. Dave Heineman. States have until Nov. 16 to say …

Health-care reform: Subcommittee follows up on plan to defund – Politico.com

Republicans on a House Appropriations subcommittee beat back Democratic efforts Wednesday to protect the health reform law, winning passage of a spending bill that would defund the Affordable Care Act, eliminate a decades-old health research …

Scalia Says He Had No ‘Falling-Out’ With Roberts on Health Care – Bloomberg

Justice Antonin Scalia said he hasn’t had a “falling-out” with Chief Justice John Roberts, dismissing reports of a rift over the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to uphold President Barack Obama’s health-care law. Roberts cast the …

State Abortion Laws Restrict Women’s Access To Reproductive Health Care – Huffington Post

Should the law ultimately result in the clinic’s closure … More than 60 laws passed in two dozen states in 2011 seeking to restrict access to women’s health care, according to the report. But abortion opponents said the laws cited … Continue reading

Wheaton College joins lawsuit over health care law – Chicago Tribune

Wheaton College has joined more than 50 mostly Roman Catholic religious institutions suing the Obama administration for requiring religious employers to offer health insurance that covers the cost of contraception, including the morning-after …

He can afford it, she can’t: Couple’s health care dilemma – CNN

Mayflower, Arkansas (CNN)– Janet Copeland and her husband, Richard, both say they agree almost all the time, with one exception: The Affordable Care Act, President Barack Obama’s health care legislation. “We’re kind of split on that one,” Janet says.