Media coverage now implies that the U.S. Supreme Court will determine the fate of President Obama's health care law. But nothing the court decides will keep the law alive for more than a brief period of time. There are three ways the health care law could meet its end. The first, obviously, is the Supreme Court could declare some or all of it unconstitutional in June. If it gets past that … [Read more...] about Rasmussen Reports: Even If It Survives the Court, the Health Care Law Is Doomed
Archives for March 2012
Newsmax TV: Obama Underestimated Healthcare Opponents
Grace-Marie Turner talks with Kathleen Walter about the Supreme Court arguments on ObamaCare. … [Read more...] about Newsmax TV: Obama Underestimated Healthcare Opponents
High Court Hopes
Justice Anthony Kennedy was viewed as the key vote heading into the U.S. Supreme Court arguments over the constitutionality of Obamacare, and he remained the key — and still uncertain — vote as the sessions concluded on Wednesday. Opponents of the law cheered when Justice Kennedy asked early during Tuesday’s argument over the individual mandate: “And here the government is saying that the … [Read more...] about High Court Hopes
A Radical Restructuring of Health Insurance
One of the most fervent promises President Obama made to the American people before passage of the health overhaul law was “If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.” But, even before the law fully takes effect, millions of people are losing “the coverage they have now,” and tens of millions more surely … [Read more...] about A Radical Restructuring of Health Insurance
Karl Rove: ObamaCare and the 2012 Election
This week's historic Supreme Court hearings on President Obama's health-care overhaul will have huge political ramifications. The heart of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is the requirement that every American purchase health insurance or pay a penalty. Justice Anthony Kennedy—widely considered the "swing vote" on cases that divide the Supreme Court evenly along ideological … [Read more...] about Karl Rove: ObamaCare and the 2012 Election
Photo Gallery: SCOTUS Arguments Day Three
Images from the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court on the third day of oral arguments on legal challenges to ObamaCare. View our galleries from Day 1 and Day 2 … [Read more...] about Photo Gallery: SCOTUS Arguments Day Three
NY Times: In Massachusetts, Insurance Mandate Stirs Some Dissent
Wayde Lodor is part of the 2 percent: the roughly 120,000 residents of Massachusetts who lack health insurance despite the state’s landmark 2006 law requiring almost every adult in the state to have it. He is likely to face a penalty this year, having made enough money under the state’s guidelines to afford a health plan. But Mr. Lodor, an independent product development consultant from … [Read more...] about NY Times: In Massachusetts, Insurance Mandate Stirs Some Dissent
Tom Miller and Robert Alt: Analysis of the Supreme Court Hearings on the Affordable Care Act
Thomas Miller, Resident Fellow at American Enterprise Institute, and Robert Alt, Senior Legal Fellow at the Heritage Foundation, open the discussion and debate on the Affordable Care Act just moments after the conclusion the historical hearing at the Supreme Court of the United States. Listen now... … [Read more...] about Tom Miller and Robert Alt: Analysis of the Supreme Court Hearings on the Affordable Care Act