Insurance Law
The Upholding of the Health Care Law – New York Times
While the Affordable Care Act is by no means a perfect law, it accomplishes some marvelous things: quality, affordable insurance that is guaranteed to all; the ability to keep a child on a parent’s health insurance until the age of … Continue reading
Concerns over struck Medicaid provision in healthcare law – United Press International
According to the National Women’s Law Center, the Affordable Care Act enacted a number of provisions to ramp up women’s health care. For instance, it requires insurance companies to cover individuals with pre-existing conditions, which can …
Maryland businesses split on Supreme Court insurance ruling – Maryland Community Newspapers Online
The U.S. Supreme Court’s decision Thursday to uphold most of the controversial federal health insurance reform law drew mixed reviews from Maryland business executives. Eric Maynard, president and CEO of Event Tech, said the law probably will …
Supreme Court upholds Obama’s healthcare law – Yahoo Finance
In a 5-4 ruling based on the power of Congress to impose taxes, the nation’s highest court preserved the law’s “individual mandate” requiring that most Americans obtain health insurance by 2014 or pay a tax. The justices also preserved …
Insurance Agents Lose Job Security With Obamacare Ruling – Forbes
Obviously, financial constraints are such that health insurance companies are being forced to develop new products that are suitable for the 30 million uninsured Americans who will soon be insured under the law. There will be no room for …
Questionable new Fla. laws go into effect Sunday – Miami Herald
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A pair of constitutionally questionable measures and legislation designed to crack down on no-fault auto insurance fraud are among about 150 new Florida laws going into effect Sunday. A law that bans state and local …
Supreme Court upholds Obama’s healthcare law – Reuters
In a 5-4 ruling based on the power of Congress to impose taxes, the nation’s highest court preserved the law’s “individual mandate” requiring that most Americans obtain health insurance by 2014 or pay a tax. The justices also preserved …
Supreme Court upholds healthcare law – YAHOO!
The United States pays more for healthcare than any other country, but about 50 million of the roughly 310 million Americans still have no insurance at all. The Obama law was meant to bring coverage to more than 30 million … Continue reading
Questionable new Fla. laws go into effect Sunday – San Francisco Gate
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — A pair of constitutionally questionable measures and legislation designed to crack down on no-fault auto insurance fraud are among about 150 new Florida laws going into effect Sunday. A law that bans state and local governments … Continue reading
Roberts Writes His Own Law in Health-Care Ruling – nola.com
The law’s defenders for the most part argued that Congress can require people to buy health insurance because the Constitution lets it regulate commerce “among the several states.” Their fallback argument was that Congress can impose the requirement …