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Editorial: Obama’s Healthcare Reforms Are Working

October 3, 2011

From The St. Petersburg Times: In Print: Monday, October 3, 2011 As expected, the fate of federal health care reforms to improve access and affordability will be decided by the U.S. Supreme Court, which begins its new term today. The Justice Department asked the court last week to review an appellate ruling on Florida’s legal…

South Carolina: Home Of Individual-Mandate Hypocrisy

October 3, 2011

From Slate: South Carolina Gov. Nikiki Haley | Credit: Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images. Why aren’t conservatives complaining about this South Carolina insurance law? By Eliot Spitzer| Posted Friday, Sept. 30, 2011 The “individual mandate” in President Obama’s Affordable Care Act has provoked incredible enthusiasm among the act’s supporters and towering rage in its opponents. The obligation…

SCOTUS Likely To Rule On Health Law Next Summer

September 28, 2011

From The Washington Post: By Robert Barnes, Published: September 26 The constitutionality of the 2010 health-care law could be determined by the Supreme Court this term, with a decision coming next summer in the thick of the 2012 presidential campaign. The Justice Department said Monday evening that it had decided not to ask the full U.S.…

Editorial: Rhetoric & The High Cost of Health Care

September 26, 2011

From The (Anderson) Independent Mail: It’s no secret that the costs of health care and health insurance to help pay for that care have skyrocketed over the last few years. But if you are among those who believe hospitals are getting rich off of the economy’s ills, think again. Nonprofit and not-for-profit public hospitals around…

More Young Adults Have Health Care, Thanks To ACA

September 23, 2011

From The Post & Courier: Traci Doutaz, 24, who has worked for Sonic for nine years, serves customers Thursday. She works full time and is on her parents’ insurance under the new health care law. / Photo:  Grace Beahm By Allyson Bird [email protected] Friday, September 23, 2011 MOUNT PLEASANT — Traci Doutaz earns her pay…

Sen. Graham’s Wrong-Headed Medicaid Opt-Out Bill

September 22, 2011

From The Greenville News: Graham Touts Medicaid Option Bill would let states opt out of expansion 11:07 PM, Sep. 21, 2011  | By Liv Osby | Staff Writer U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham introduced a bill Wednesday that would allow states to opt out of the Medicaid expansion expected in 2014 under the federal health reform law.…

Survey: Significant Drop In Uninsured Young Adults

September 21, 2011

From The Associated Press: More Evidence That Healthcare Reform Is Working By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR Published: Sept. 21, 2011 WASHINGTON – The number of young adults without health insurance has dropped significantly, a new survey finds, thanks to a provision of President Barack Obama’s health care law allowing them to stay on their parents’ plans. The…

Gosh Y’all, Could “Obamacare” Be Working?!! (Part 2)

September 16, 2011

From The New Republic: By Jonathan Cohn September 15, 2011 | 11:16 am Republicans made a lot of arguments against the Affordable Care Act. But perhaps none were as effective, or as seemingly plausible, as their contention that their new law would cripple Medicare Advantage. New evidence suggests — surprise! — that the argument was…

Gosh Y’all, Could “Obamacare” Be Working?!!

September 15, 2011

From The New Republic: By Jonathan Cohn September 14, 2011 | 10:13 am Need a reason to believe the Affordable Care Act is starting to work? The Census Bureau just gave you a half million of them. That’s how many young adults had health insurance in 2010, as compared to 2009, according to the official…

More S.C. Residents Go Without Health Coverage

September 15, 2011

From The Greenville News: The Taylors Free Medical Clinic has seen a 25 percent increase in the number of people seeking health care over the past two years, sometimes getting so busy they must turn new patients away. By Liv Osby | Staff Writer 1:17 AM, Sep. 14, 2011 The Taylors Free Medical Clinic has…

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