Health Care Law

I have been following the Affordable Care Act, as have so many others. People with disabilities have unique problems when it comes to health care. In Florida, if you are receiving Social Security Disability Income (SSDI) you qualify for Medicaid.

For Gov. Rick Perry, saying “no” to the federal health care law could also mean turning away up to 1.3 million Texans, nearly half the uninsured people who could be newly eligible for coverage in his state. Gov. Chris Christie … Continue reading →

New Yorkers by a wide margin support the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the health care overhaul and want the law fully implemented, according to a poll released Tuesday by the Siena Research Institute. The poll found that registered …

“I’m a lean, frugal businessman, and I find that abhorrent.” Irwin addressed the problems with the American health care system at a forum on the Affordable Care Act, the health reform law recently upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court. The … Continue reading →

LINCOLN, Neb. — Seven attorneys general trying to block the federal health care law’s requirement for contraception coverage saw their lawsuit dismissed Tuesday by a federal judge who said they didn’t have standing to file it. U.S. District Court …

The White House has struggled with how to respond to charges that the Affordable Care Act — deemed constitutional by the Supreme Court last month under Congress’ taxation power — raises taxes. Obama has made the health care law a … Continue reading →

He reports that a more than 20-year gap in average age of death between Indians and the white population before 1976 was reduced to less than five years today, after passage of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act. However Trahant … Continue reading →

The Republican-led House just voted for the 33rd time to repeal the Affordable Care Act at a cost to the taxpayer of nearly $50 million, while the American Jobs Act, proposed by President Barack Obama last September, has never made … Continue reading →

And with that decision, the law representing the biggest change to the U.S. health care system since the creation of Medicare in 1965 went through. Now that the mandate has been withheld, investors have been scurrying to handicap the potential … Continue reading →

Repeal Obamacare! It’s the mantra of tea party and other Republican conservatives. I’m tired of hearing it. The Affordable Care Act is far from perfect. It’s terribly complicated, and it has flaws including an inadequate funding base, far less …