by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Reuters reports: “Factbox: Lawsuits challenging U.S. healthcare reform Wed, Apr 27 10:27 AM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of all U.S. states have launched lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
A weekly compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. Week of April 25, 2011 The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it had rejected a request from the state of Virginia to fast-track its challenge of the Affordable Care Act...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
VT Digger reports: “In a historic vote on Tuesday, the Vermont Legislature created the enabling legislation for a first-in-the-nation universal health care system. The state Senate approved the visionary plan for a single-payer system in a 21-9 vote after four...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
AP reports: “WASHINGTON — Millions of seniors in popular private insurance plans offered through Medicare will be getting a reprieve from some of the most controversial cuts in President Barack Obama’s health care law. In a policy shift critics see...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
USA Today reports: “WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court’s rejection Monday of a request from Virginia officials to hear the constitutionality of the federal health-care law ensures that the legal battle will play out first in lower appeals courts. The first action...
