Health Care Law

CBO to release updated health law cost in late July – Washington Times

Two weeks from now, Congress’ official scorekeepers will release an updated price tag for President Obama’s health care that could bring dramatic changes in cost estimates now that the Supreme Court has modified the law. The Congressional Budget …

Cracks Appear in Republican Unity on Health Law Repeal – New York Times

WASHINGTON — A House vote to fully repeal President Obama’s health care law was supposed to be the coup de grâce for “Obamacare,” a final sweeping away of a law that Republicans thought the Supreme Court would gut and leave … Continue reading

Texas governor Rick Perry rejects two provisions of health care law – Chicago Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas (Reuters) – Texas Governor Rick Perry said on Monday his state will not implement a Medicaid expansion or health insurance exchange, two provisions of the federal healthcare law upheld last month by the U.S. Supreme Court.

‘Affordable’ Care Act? Not so much for Sacramento – Los Angeles Times

associate director of the Department of Health Care Services. Good luck on that. As Sacramento consistently demonstrates, being precise on government spending projections is virtually impossible. But Finocchio acknowledges that the federal act …

Texas governor rejects two provisions of health law – Reuters

“They would only make Texas a mere appendage of the federal government when it comes to health care.” Texas was one of 26 states that challenged in court the 2010 law known formally as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care … Continue reading

Health care remarks haunt Tommy Thompson – Politico.com

Thompson makes it clear he opposes the 2010 health care law, and he has since become a vocal proponent of repealing the legislation, which he’s furiously trying to promote in public appearances and paid advertising across the state.

GOP hoping for election wins so party can vanquish health care law – Houston Chronicle

WASHINGTON — With some powerful Texans in the vanguard, Republican lawmakers return Monday to a deeply divided Capitol Hill and tenacious election-year tactics to get rid of President Barack Obama’s health care plan. Despite the U.S. Supreme Court’s …

Can IRS manage to police both taxes and health care law? – USA Today

WASHINGTON – Can the Internal Revenue Service police President Barack Obama’s health care mandate while simultaneously collecting all the taxes for running the federal government? The question is being renewed in the wake of the Supreme Court …

Can IRS manage to police taxes and health care law? – USA Today

WASHINGTON – Can the Internal Revenue Service police President Obama’s health care mandate while simultaneously collecting all the taxes for running the federal government? The question is being renewed in the wake of the Supreme Court’s …

Georgia health care in limbo – Atlanta Journal Constitution

Georgia hospitals were depending on the health care law to ease the burden of treating hundreds of thousands of uninsured patients each year for free. But that relief may never come. While upholding the law, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled … Continue reading