Health Care Law

The following editorial appears on Bloomberg View: One way Congress could respond to Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling on the individual insurance mandate would be to yank the debate over health-care policy back to square one. Simply overturn the law and … Continue reading →

There are also challenges in making the law work. Who will enforce penalties on those who refuse to buy insurance? How effective will the cost controls be? States setting up their health care exchanges will need to take tremendous care … Continue reading →

WASHINGTON – Republican leaders said Sunday that last week’s Supreme Court decision upholding President Obama’s health care law will backfire on Obama and Democrats, in large part due to Chief Justice John Roberts’ ruling that a penalty on …

Following Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling to uphold President Obama’s health care reform law, it did not take long for Republicans to shift en masse from public displays of anger and disappointment to reaffirmation of their commitment to repeal the law.

(AP) WASHINGTON – Minority leader Nancy Pelosi says House Democrats are happy to debate dismantling the Affordable Care Act, but repeal is unrealistic. In an interview on NBC’s “Meet the Press” slated to air Sunday, Pelosi says Republicans from …

… t afford expanding its health-care program and he won’t make any effort to implement provisions of the federal health-care law upheld last week by the nation’s high court. But the announcement might be more political calculation than policy substance.

INTRADE, an online betting site with an excellent record for predicting events, pegged the odds of the Supreme Court overturning President Obama’s health care overhaul law at almost 80 percent. When the court affirmed the law’s constitutionality on …

A video showing Rep. Jean Schmidt reacting to erroneous news about the health care law being struck down has gone viral. Both CNN and Fox News initially reported Thursday morning that the Supreme Court had overturned portions of the Affordable … Continue reading →

Chief Justice John Roberts could have taken down the entire, massive health care law that his fellow Republicans deride as “Obamacare.” He could have prevented the Supreme Court decision that largely disabled the most disputed aspects of Arizona’s …

(CBS News) The Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold key provisions of the Affordable Care Act has thrown many state governments in flux, either scrambling to ramp up preparations for increased Medicaid coverage or risking control of their …