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After three days of arguments and 136 amicus briefs filed with the Supreme Court, the key question comes down to this: Can the Congress go beyond its power to tax us and actually compel us to spend our own personal money on a private product, under penalty of federal law? The government argued that this is a natural extension its ability to regulate commerce since we will all need health care at … [Read more...] about When would it ever stop?

More Americans think Supreme Court justices will be acting mainly on their partisan political views than on a neutral reading of the law when they decide the constitutionality of President Obama’s health-care law, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll. Half of the public expects the justices to rule mainly based on their “partisan political views,” while fewer, 40 percent, expect … [Read more...] about Washington Post Poll: More Americans expect Supreme Court’s health-care decision to be political

I was initially assigned the working title, "Pursuing Equality in Health Care for the Elderly Is Futile." I prefer to think of that particular dead end of health policy as one of listening to the wrong music for too long. Hence, this article reprises and revises the title song of the early 1980s movie,Urban Cowboy, but with Johnny Lee's original lyrics adapted as "Looking for better health [rather … [Read more...] about Tom Miller: Looking for better health in all the wrong places: The road to “equality” hits a dead end

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) signed into law by President Obama in 2010 will significantly worsen the federal government’s fiscal position relative to previous law. Supporters argued that this comprehensive health care reform would deliver a much-needed correction to the government’s unsustainable fiscal outlook and would benefit the country’s overall fiscal situation. … [Read more...] about Mercatus Center: The Fiscal Consequences of the Affordable Care Act

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is designed to extend health-insurance coverage to tens of millions of uninsured Americans. Rarely is it mentioned, however, that Medicaid, the government-run health-insurance program for the poor, will provide more than half of that new coverage under the law. The PPACA assigns Medicaid this central role, despite long-standing concerns about … [Read more...] about Avik Roy: The Medicaid Mess: How Obamacare Makes It Worse

Barack Obama made a national laughingstock out of himself with his recent comments on the Obamacare law now before the Supreme Court. Obama said on Monday, “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected Congress.” (emphasis added). President Obama is not … [Read more...] about Peter Ferrara: Why the Supreme Court Will Strike Down All of Obamacare

Attorney General Eric Holder is pushing back against an attack from a federal judge in Texas, telling the judge that President Barack Obama’s recent comments about the Supreme Court’s review of the Affordable Care Act are “fully consistent” with longstanding legal principles. Holder’s comments came Thursday in a memo ordered by 5th Circuit Judge Jerry E. Smith, who questioned whether Obama … [Read more...] about Jennifer Haberkorn: DOJ returns fire on judicial review dispute

President Obama is undermining the rule of law. On Monday, he openly attacked the Supreme Court. He fears that the high court will overturn Obamacare. It is the president’s signature domestic achievement - the jewel in his socialist crown. To repeal parts or all of it would be a humiliating repudiation. Hence, Mr. Obama is resorting to bullying. “I’m confident that the Supreme Court will not … [Read more...] about Jeffrey T. Kuhner: Obama v. Supreme Court