Rather amazingly, President Obama stood at a podium between Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper and Mexican president Felipe Calderon on Monday and declared that it would be “unprecedented” for the Supreme Court to strike down “a law that was passed by a strong majority” of Congress. The law that Obama had in mind, of course, is Obamacare — which was passed by employing the “Cornhusker … [Read more...] about Jeffrey Anderson: Obama: Striking Down an Act of Congress Would Be ‘Unprecedented’
Walter Russell Mead: The Health Care Disaster and the Miseries of Blue
After oral arguments before the Supreme Court this week, the odds that the Court will strike the individual mandate rose sharply; Intrade markets after the hearings showed bettors thought there was a 62 percent chance that the mandate will fall. I can’t tell you whether the law is unconstitutional; I can’t even tell you whether the Supreme Court will uphold it — or, if the mandate goes, what … [Read more...] about Walter Russell Mead: The Health Care Disaster and the Miseries of Blue
John Cochrane: What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare
Last week, the Supreme Court heard arguments on the constitutionality of the administration's health law, aka ObamaCare. Opponents are giddy with the possibility that the law might be struck down. But what then? Millions of uninsured, both those who choose not to purchase coverage and those who can't due to pre-existing conditions, will still be with us. The rising costs and inefficient … [Read more...] about John Cochrane: What to Do on the Day After ObamaCare
Rasmussen Reports: Even If It Survives the Court, the Health Care Law Is Doomed
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
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