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Obama has fallback options even if courts strike down historic health care overhaul law
The Associated Press reports: "Opponents of President Barack Obama's health care overhaul law are a cheering a federal court ruling that one of its core provisions is unconstitutional. They may not realize that Obama has a fallback option that also could do the job....
Compilation from Aetna of developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country
Aetna reports: "Week of December 13, 2010 As policymakers focus greater attention on how to control health care spending, they would be wise to examine a new study published in the journal Health Affairs. A study published in the December edition found that per capita...
Uncertain mandate on health care
The Chicago Tribune reports: "The Obama administration's massive health insurance reform plan had to pass through numerous minefields before it finally became law. Now it has entered a new and equally uncertain part of the journey — the path through the courts....
U.S. judge rejects key part of new healthcare law
The Los Angles Times reports: "Washington — A federal judge in Virginia on Monday rejected part of the new healthcare law, becoming the first court to rule that Congress had placed an unconstitutional requirement on Americans to get health insurance. The...
The Real Health Deal Begins
The Huffington Post reports: If you thought America's health reform debate ended with Vice President Biden's now famous, "This is a big f...ng deal!" comment to the President at the White House signing of the health care reform bill last May, guess again. The really...
Deficit Reduction Commission Reports to President
Image by Getty Images via @daylife NAIFA.org reports: "On December 1, the co-chairmen of the President’s Deficit Reduction Commission (DRC) released the commission’s plan for reducing the deficit by $4 trillion over the next five years. The plan calls for fundamental...
Health Care Reform Compilation from Aetna
Aetna life and Health Insurance Company reports: "A weekly compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. and state legislatures across the country.Week of December 6, 2010 The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) may have...
IRS Helps Small Employers Claim New Health Care Tax Credit
Targeted News Service reports: "WASHINGTON, Dec. 2 -- The U.S. Department of the Treasury'sInternal Revenue Service issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service today released final guidance for small employers eligible to claim the new small...
Employer Plans A Tax Target
The Associated Press reports: "WASHINGTON - Job-based health care benefits could wind up on the chopping block if President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans get serious about cutting the deficit. Budget proposals from leaders in both parties have urged...
Health Care Reform: How Companies Need To Worry
Forbs reports: "Most people have heard the noisy debate about the extent to which the health care reform legislation passed earlier this year will burden businesses. But on the flip side, the reform initiatives also underscore the necessity to re-examine social...