The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to accept one of the appeals addressing President Obama’s health care statute, and thereby has set the stage for one of the most anticipated legal rulings in years. In its order accepting the case, the Supreme Court identified four issues for the parties to brief and set aside five-and-a-half [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Health Care Reform’
Up To The Supremes
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Health Care Reform, law, President Obama, United States Supreme Court on November 14, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The “Health Care Reform” Law Hits The High Court
Posted in Healthcare Reform, tagged Commerce Clause, Health Care Costs, Health Care Reform, Politics, Republicans, Supreme Court, United States Constitution, United States Supreme Court on September 28, 2011 | 2 Comments »
It is looking increasingly likely that Supreme Court will hear an appeal of the ever-controversial “health care reform” law, and soon. Both sides to a lawsuit — the Department of Justice in favor of the law, and 26 states and the National Federation of Independent Businesses in opposition — have asked the Court to accept [...]
Who Is This Guy? (The Health Care Side)
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Budget Deficit, Federal Budget, Health care, Health Care Reform, Politics, President Obama on April 19, 2011 | 1 Comment »
The third part of the approach President Obama outlined in his fiscal policy speech on April 13 addressed health care costs. He first contrasted his approach with his characterization of the Republican plan. He said Republicans intended to reduce health care costs in the federal budget by “asking seniors and poor families” to pay the [...]
Government By Waiver
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Kathleen Sebelius, Politics on February 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
One of the more troubling aspects of the “health care reform” legislation enacted into law last year has been the ability of companies and unions to get waivers that relieve them from having to comply with certain aspects of the law. The waivers relate to provisions of the law that prevent plans from using high [...]
Making A Statement And Fulfilling A Promise
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Democrats, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Republicans, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate on January 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The House of Representatives, now under Republican control, has passed legislation to repeal the “health care reform” legislation passed by the last Congress. Democrats in the Senate, who control that chamber, are saying that repeal legislation will never come to the floor for a vote — and, of course, President Obama would be expected to [...]
Phony Figures
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Department of Health and Human Services, Health care, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Healthcare Reform, Kathleen Sebelius, Obamacare, Politics on January 18, 2011 | 2 Comments »
Today Kathleen Sebelius, the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, released a report that concludes that up to half of all Americans below age 65 — 129 million in all — have some kind of “pre-existing condition” that might otherwise cause them to be denied health insurance coverage. The report, which was [...]
Your Tax Dollars At Work, Protecting Americans From Unlicensed Neighborhood Lemonade Stands
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, tagged America, Bureaucrats, Government, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Lemonade Stands on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Does anyone in government stop and think about what they are really doing, anymore? Here’s the latest story of some ridiculous lack of judgment by a government regulator. A 7-year-old girl in a suburb of Portland, Oregon sets up a lemonade stand at a neighborhood festival and starts serving lemonade made from bottled water and [...]
The Voters Begin To Speak On “Health Care Reform”
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Missouri, Politics, President Obama on August 5, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Tuesday’s election in Missouri included a ballot initiative where voters were asked to weigh in on whether a key provision of the “health care reform” legislation — the “individual mandate” that requires people to either get health insurance or pay a penalty — should be invalidated. More than 71 percent of the Missouri voters voted [...]
Recognizing Taxes As Taxes
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Politics, President Obama, taxes on July 19, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The New York Times recently carried an interesting article on the Justice Department’s arguments against claims that the “health care reform” legislation is unconstitutional. The “linchpin” of the argument is that the individual mandate, which requires people to obtain health insurance or pay a penalty, is constitutional as an exercise of Congress’ broad taxing power. [...]
The Massachusetts Mess, Coming Soon To A Neighborhood Near You
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Health Plan, Politics on July 7, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
The Wall Street Journal has published an article with the latest news from Massachusetts — the state whose universal health care program served as the model for the federal program that will soon be taking effect nationwide. The news, to put it mildly, is not good. The highlights (or rather lowlights): * The Massachusetts plan [...]
Thoughts On The “Tanning Tax”
Posted in Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged Botox, Cosmetic Surgery, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Indoor Tanning, Jobs, Politics, Tanning Beds, Tanning Tax, Unemployment on July 5, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
A few days ago a 10 percent federal “tanning tax” took effect. The tax is one of the revenue-generating provisions of the “health care reform” bill. It applies only to tanning beds and other devices that use ultraviolet rays to give customers tans and is expected to generate some $2.7 billion in annual revenue. The [...]
Be Careful What You Ask For
Posted in America, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Congress, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Healthcare Reform, Politics on May 10, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
One of the first rules learned by trial lawyers is this: when cross-examining an adverse witness at trial, you never ask a question if you don’t know how the witness must answer that question. You don’t want surprises, and asking one question too many and getting an unexpected answer that is a spear to the [...]
It’s About Time
Posted in America, Family, Healthcare Reform, Politics, tagged America, Family, Gay Rights, Health Care Reform, Healthcare Reform, Lesbian Rights, Politics, President Obama on April 16, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Last night President Obama directed the Department of Health and Human Services to require all hospitals that receive Medicare and Medicaid funding — which means virtually every hospital in the United States — to afford visitation rights to the partners of gay men and lesbians who are hospitalized. It is hard for me to believe [...]
