Health Care Law

How Will Health Care Reform Affect Americans Traveling for Care? – Huffington Post

I was immediately reminded of a Singapore-bound business trip I took more than two years ago, amidst the heated debate over health care reform just prior to the act’s passage. On the first leg of that 27-hour journey, my self-confessed … Continue reading

Beshear Issues Executive Order Creating Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange – NBCNews.com

Governor Steve Beshear on Tuesday issued an executive order establishing the Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange, a requirement of the federal Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Kentucky Health Benefit Exchange is an online marketplace that will provide one-stop …

CBO Says Military Health-Care Costs Could Soar (Washn) – nola.com

The Republican-controlled House, which last week voted to repeal President Obama’s health-care law, takes up the fiscal 2013 defense appropriations bill this week. The Obama administration, in commenting on the bill, which increases the president’s request …

Health care bill should focus on areas of broad agreement – Boston Globe

The long effort to develop an effective cost-containment law for the Massachusetts health care system has entered a worrisome phase. With just two weeks left in the Legislature’s formal session, a conference committee is reportedly making …

Reality Bites: Massachusetts Economy Proves Health Care Reform Didn’t Destroy Businesses – Huffington Post

The buzzword flying around America lately has been “health care,” with its permutations, Obamacare and Romneycare, evoked in equal measure. Recently, the Supreme Court upheld the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, sanctioning it as …

Heineman says health care law unaffordable – North Platte Telegraph

LINCOLN – The nation’s governors may differ on their support for the federal health care law, but they’re all concerned about the cost, Gov. Dave Heineman said Monday. Heineman, fresh from attending the National Governors Association’s annual …

Our Opinion: House wastes time on health care law – Wichita Falls Times Record News

To the people in the visitors’ gallery of the U.S. House of Representatives Wednesday, it must have looked like a cocktail party. People were milling around, slapping each other on the back and laughing. That’s what we saw on a … Continue reading

Few pay more taxes under health care law – USA Today

WASHINGTON – President Obama’s health care law is constitutional as a tax — but only a small percentage of Americans will pay more, a USA TODAY analysis of federal data shows. Though the law is projected to raise more than … Continue reading

Siena poll shows Health Care law popular with NYers – NBCNews.com

LOUDONVILLE – President Obama, and his Health Care Law are both popular among New Yorkers. That is according to the latest Siena Research Institute Poll. Fifty-three percent of those polled say they want to see the president’s health care law … Continue reading

Farm bill tops health care law in lobbying dollars – San Francisco Gate

Who says the farm bill isn’t important? An analysis of lobbying on the 2008 farm bill by liberal advocacy group Food and Water Watch showed a total of $173.5 million spent by various groups to influence the legislation, making it … Continue reading