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Today, we learned that the final day of the Supreme Court’s 2011-2012 session will take place at 10 a.m. on Thursday, June 28, and that Chief Justice John Roberts will most likely issue the majority opinion. (I’ll be running a live blog that day over atNational Review, beginning at 9:30 a.m.) From what Roberts said at oral argument last March, it’s likely that this means that Obamacare’s … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: On Thursday, Roberts Is Likely To Write The Supreme Court Opinion That Partially Overturns Obamacare

Obamacare is under review by the Supreme Court because of its constitutionally suspect provisions, namely the “individual mandate” and the coercive Medicaid provisions. Certainly, the Court would do the country an immense favor by striking down the entire law so the decks were cleared for a sensible, market-based reform plan. But in the event that the Court does not invalidate the entirety of … [Read more...] about Jim Capretta: Obamacare’s Failings Go Well Beyond the Individual Mandate and Medicaid

The liberal advocacy group Families USA has produced a new “study” entitled “Dying for Coverage” which concludes that “Across the nation, 26,100 people between the ages of 25 and 64 died prematurely due to a lack of health coverage in 2010.” The problem:  It is based upon highly-flawed data from the Institute of Medicine that has been solidly discredited. Yes, people need health insurance.  And … [Read more...] about Bogus Families USA “study”

Legal insiders are convinced the Supreme Court will strike down all or part of President Obama's healthcare law, according to a new survey of former Supreme Court clerks and attorneys who have argued before the court. The survey was conducted by Purple Strategies on behalf of the conservative American Action Forum. The results show big changes since a similar AAF poll before the court heard … [Read more...] about The Hill: Supreme Court experts predict justices will strike down healthcare mandate

AEI's Tom Miller delivers remarks at the closing keynote session of the 9th Annual World Health Care Congress: “The 2012 Election: A Fork in the Road for Health Care” on April 18, 2012. Watch now... … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: Remarks at the 9th annual World Health Care Congress

What's at stake for women with the ruling on ObamaCare? That’s the question that Kaiser Health News Correspondent Julie Appleby asks in her latest post. A key issue she explores is the provision in the law barring insurance companies from charging women more for health insurance than men, starting in 2014.  She quoted my response: Opponents of the law, including Grace-Marie Turner of the … [Read more...] about Charging women less will ultimately hurt them more

The Beyond Repeal and Replace series is an AEI project that aims to provide a deeper, more fundamental foundation for policymakers considering a different path to real health reform. With a Republican majority in the House and the prospective Republican presidential nominee committed to repealing PPACA, health policy analysts and academics present their distinct and detailed proposals to remedy … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: Beyond Repeal and Replace Series

The individual mandate isn’t Obamacare’s only unconstitutional provision, or even its most unconstitutional provision. That distinction belongs to the Independent Payment Advisory Board. A heretofore unreported feature of this super-legislature makes it even more authoritarian and dangerous than anyone knew. IPAB consists of up to 15 unelected government “experts.” Its stated purpose is to … [Read more...] about Michael Cannon: IPAB, Obamacare’s Super-Legislature