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If The Law Falls …
Insurance News Net reports: Chicago Tribune March 29--Over the last three days, theU.S. Supreme Courthas slapped on the table a serious possibility that defenders of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act never envisioned: A ruling that the heart of the law --...
Ruling may spur foes to challenge Mass. health law
Boston.com reports: "A Supreme Court ruling against President Obama’s landmark health care law could prompt challenges to the Massachusetts law that inspired it, according to legal specialists and activists following the case. The legal case against the federal...
ACA Alternatives Waiting in the Wings
Medpage Today reports: "As the fate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is debated privately by Supreme Court justices over the upcoming weeks, bills containing "Obamacare" alternatives are waiting and ready in Congress, regardless of what the Supreme Court decides....
Justices meet Friday to vote on health care case
AP reports: "While the rest of us have to wait until June, the justices of the Supreme Court will know the likely outcome of the historic health care case by the time they go home this weekend. After months of anticipation, thousands of pages of briefs and more than...
White House: No Contingencies For Health Care Law
Insurance News Net reports: "Voicing optimism, the White House on Wednesday said it is too early to devise contingency plans that anticipate the Supreme Court striking down any portion of President Barack Obama's health care law. Separately, the White House says it...
Obama health care law at Supreme Court: mega case for the history books
The Christian Science Monitor reports: "When the US Supreme Court begins examining the constitutionality of President Obama's health-care reform law on March 26, there will be more at stake in the unfolding drama than the judicial assessment of Mr. Obama's signature...
House votes to repeal key health care reform provision
CNN Politics reports: "Led by its Republican majority, the U.S. House voted Thursday to eliminate from the 2010 health care reform law a proposed advisory board that would recommend how to achieve needed, but as-yet-unreachable Medicare savings. The repeal measure...
Most Small Businesses Not Planning for Health Care Reform According to eHealthInsurance Survey
Market Watch reports: "MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA, Mar 21, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- The majority (85%) of small businesses are not making changes or long-term plans based on health care reform legislation, according to a recent survey of small business owners released...
Visualizing Health Care Reform Tool Illustrates Future Impact of the Affordable Care Act on Uninsured Illinoisans
Yahoo News reports: "Interactive map depicts insurance needs by region and community; around 1,646,527 new Illinois residents will be eligible for coverage Chicago, Ill. (PRWEB) March 20, 2012 Today, in conjunction with the March 23 second anniversary of the...
Supreme Court Update for the week of March 26th, 2012
Special Edition Newsletter Supreme Court Update for the week of March 26th, 2012 Recap The Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed into law on 3/23/2010. Most of the main provisions of this law start 1/1/2014. It requires almost all individuals in the United...